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. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Texas” 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 Texas, there were 251 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,626 and $23,542 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,376 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Texas” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in dance. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in dance.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Texas” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Texas”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Woman’s University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Texas. TWU is located in Denton, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 masters’s dance degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Texas list. SHSU is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 1 masters’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Texas list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s dance degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, 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 Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Texas. Southern Methodist University is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 masters’s dance degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, 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 90%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
