2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Dance is the 161st most popular major in the country with 3,397 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, dance graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $20,940 and had an average of $26,168 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 561 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,333 and $27,477 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 41 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in dance. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great dance programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the dance program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance in the Southeast Region

#1

Hollins University

Roanoke, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$18,005 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hollins University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Roanoke, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 17 degrees to qualified masters’s dance students in 2019-2020.

Hollins did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hollins are $18,005, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Dance at Hollins University

#2

Jacksonville University

Jacksonville, Florida

#3 in overall quality

$14,742 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Jacksonville University landed the #2 spot on the list. Jacksonville University is located in Jacksonville, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s dance degrees to qualified students.

JU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Jacksonville University are $14,742, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Jacksonville University Dance Report

#3

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$26,707 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$37,208 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Florida State University is a public institution located in Tallahassee, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Florida State also made our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida State are $26,707, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Dance at Florida State University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jazzart Dance Theatre.

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