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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Missouri” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Missouri, there were 37 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,023 and $28,243 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Missouri” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered 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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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 Missouri” 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 Missouri”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Missouri list. Kansas City, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s dance degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, 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 Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri Valley College landed the #2 spot on the list. Missouri Valley College is a small school located in Marshall, Missouri that handed out 1 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lindenwood University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Missouri list. Lindenwood University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Charles, Missouri that handed out 7 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%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Webster University landed the #4 spot on the list. Webster University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 4 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, 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 Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Dance at Washington University in St Louis
With a ranking of #6, Stephens College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Missouri list. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dance students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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