2023 Most Focused Colleges for Dance in Rhode Island

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Dance Major in Rhode Island” 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 Rhode Island, there were 13 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Dance Major in Rhode Island” ranking analyzed 2 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.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Highly Focused on Dance Major in Rhode Island” list to help you make the college decision.

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Schools Highly Focused on Dance Major in Rhode Island

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Dance Major in Rhode Island”.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Dance in Rhode Island

1

Rhode Island College
Providence, Rhode Island

#8 overall quality in Rhode Island

$42,201 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,418 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Dance Major in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Rhode Island College landed the #1 spot on the list. RIC is a public institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 10 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Dance at Rhode Island College

2

Roger Williams University
Bristol, Rhode Island

#6 overall quality in Rhode Island

$45,082 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,747 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Dance Major in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Roger Williams University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Bristol, Rhode Island, and it awarded 3 ’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Roger Williams University Dance Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jazzart Dance Theatre.