by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Great Lakes region, there were 358 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,613 and $26,488 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Great Lakes Region” 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s dance students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Dance at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Case Western Reserve University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Great Lakes Region. This fairly large school is located in Cleveland, Ohio, and it awarded 2 masters’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s dance degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Great Lakes Region. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 3 masters’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s dance degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
Read full report on Dance at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. OHIO Athens is located in Athens, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s dance degrees to qualified students.
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