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 Arizona” 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 Arizona, there were 95 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,166 and $19,750 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 62 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,087 and $27,181 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Arizona” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in dance. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in dance.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Arizona” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Arizona”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Arizona. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 35 degrees 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 85%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Arizona. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dance students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Arizona list. Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s dance degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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