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2023 Most Well Attended Dance Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s

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Most Well Attended Dance Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor's

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Dance Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Minnesota, there were 35 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $19,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 35 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,071 and $28,140 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Dance Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in dance. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in dance.

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Most Well Attended Dance Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Dance Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s”.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Dance Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. UMN Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Dance Report

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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Dance Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #2 spot on the list. Minnesota State Mankato is located in Mankato, Minnesota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s dance degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 Minnesota State Mankato

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St Olaf College
Northfield, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Olaf College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Dance Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s list. St Olaf College is a small school located in Northfield, Minnesota that handed out 4 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full St. Olaf Dance Report

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Gustavus Adolphus College
Saint Peter, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gustavus Adolphus College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Dance Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s. Located in Saint Peter, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s dance students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Gustavus Adolphus College Dance Report

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Carleton College
Northfield, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carleton College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Dance Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s. Carleton College is a small school located in Northfield, Minnesota that handed out 2 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read full report on Dance at Carleton College

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Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Dance Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s ranking. SMU MN is a small school located in Winona, Minnesota that handed out 0 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.

Full SMU MN Dance Report

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