by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Dance Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s” 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 Texas, there were 251 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,626 and $23,542 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 212 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Dance Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in dance. To top this list, a school must have a successful dance program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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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 “Most Well Attended Dance Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas bachelor’s degree dance students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Dance Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. Texas State is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 45 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Dance Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. TWU is a fairly large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 22 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Dance Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. Huntsville, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s dance degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Dance Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dance students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Dance Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s. The University of Texas at Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 19 bachelors’s dance degrees 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
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University of North Texas did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Dance Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Southern Methodist University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Dance Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s dance degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Stephen F Austin State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Dance Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s ranking. SFASU is a fairly large school located in Nacogdoches, Texas that handed out 14 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
The University of Texas at El Paso ranked #9 on this year’s Most Well Attended Dance Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. The University of Texas at El Paso is a large school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 11 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ranked #10 on this year’s Most Well Attended Dance Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. UT Rio Grande Valley is a large public school situated in Edinburg, Texas. It awarded 10 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, University of Houston did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Dance Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Texas Tech University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Dance Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s ranking. Texas Tech is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 5 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #13, University of St. Thomas did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Dance Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. UST is located in Houston, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s dance degrees to qualified students.
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%.
West Texas A&M University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Dance Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s ranking. West Texas A&M University is a public institution located in Canyon, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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