2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dance in the Southeast Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 3,288 people earned their degree in dance, making the major the 158th most popular in the United States. 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 the Southeast region, there were 569 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,053 and $24,378 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 492 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 52 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in dance. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their dance program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree dance students.
Top 25 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dance in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina School of the Arts. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region list. UNCSA is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s dance degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Dance at UNCSA
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Randolph College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sweet Briar College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region list. Sweet Briar, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s dance degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Sweet Briar Dance Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Spelman College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s dance degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Dance at Spelman
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hollins University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Roanoke, Virginia, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Dance at Hollins University
Coker University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region list. Coker is located in Hartsville, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s dance degrees to qualified students.
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Shenandoah University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region list. Shenandoah University is a small school located in Winchester, Virginia that handed out 15 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Elon University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Elon, North Carolina, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dance students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Dance at Elon
Columbia College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Columbia College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 5 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #10, Salem College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s dance students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Salem Dance Report
Belhaven University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Belhaven is a private not-for-profit institution located in Jackson, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Dance at Belhaven
Florida Southern College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Lakeland, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s dance degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Dance at Florida Southern
Jacksonville University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region list. Jacksonville, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s dance degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #14, Meredith College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region list. Meredith is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 5 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Full Meredith Dance Report
Agnes Scott College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #15. Agnes Scott is located in Decatur, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s dance degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Agnes Scott Dance Report
Palm Beach Atlantic University ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region list. Palm Beach Atlantic University is located in West Palm Beach, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s dance degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Dance at Palm Beach Atlantic University
Winthrop University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Rock Hill, South Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s dance degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
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Brenau University ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Gainesville, Georgia, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
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Alabama State University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Montgomery, Alabama, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #20, Davis & Elkins College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region list. Elkins, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s dance degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Full D&E Dance Report
University of North Carolina at Greensboro came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 23 degrees to qualified bachelors’s dance students in 2020-2021.
Full UNC Greensboro Dance Report
With a ranking of #22, Johnson C Smith University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dance students in 2020-2021.
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The University of Alabama came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. The University of Alabama is a large school located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that handed out 38 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Dance at UA
University of Southern Mississippi came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southern Miss Dance Report
Troy University landed the #25 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Troy University is a fairly large school located in Troy, Alabama that handed out 14 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Troy University Dance Report
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