by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Dance is the 158th most popular major in the country with 3,288 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, dance graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $22,085 and had an average of $24,389 in loans still to pay off.
Across Illinois, there were 37 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,106 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in dance. That schools that top this list have a program in dance in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The dance school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Illinois”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Illinois”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia College Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Illinois list. Columbia College Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Illinois list. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 7 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #3 spot on the list. UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s dance degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dance Report
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Evanston, Illinois, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Rockford University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Rockford, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s dance students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Principia College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Illinois. Located in Elsah, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dance students in 2020-2021.
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