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2021 Best Dance Colleges for Non-Traditional Students

25 Colleges
2,711 Bachelor's Degrees
$33,327 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Dance Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Dance Colleges for Non-Traditional StudentsDance is the #115th most popular major in the country with 2,711 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>.

This year's Best Dance Colleges for Non-Traditional Students ranking analyzed 25 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in dance. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dance programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the dance program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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2021 Best Dance Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Dance Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Top 10 Best Dance Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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Texas State University
San Marcos, TX

Texas State University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the United States that are best for non-traditional dance students. Texas State is a very large public school located in the small city of San Marcos. Texas State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Dance list.

About 2.0% of Texas State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 21,921 students take at least one class online at Texas State. 8,642 students are part time.

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University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

University of Iowa comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Iowa City. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Iowa has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Dance ranking.

The student loan default rate at Iowa is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 12,975 students at Iowa that take at least one class online. 5,055 of Iowa students are attending part time.

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Arizona State University - Tempe earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a fairly large student population. ASU - Tempe also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Dance rankings.

About 1.5% of ASU - Tempe students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 37,856 students take at least one class online at ASU - Tempe. 8,480 students are part time.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a fairly large student population. Ohio State also made our Best Colleges for Dance list, coming in at #4.

About 1.2% of Ohio State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 42,293 students at Ohio State that take at least one class online. 8,459 of Ohio State students are attending part time.

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Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Temple University. Temple is a fairly large public school located in the city of Philadelphia. Temple also made our Best Colleges for Dance list, coming in at #7.

About 1.3% of Temple students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 20,264 students at Temple that take at least one class online. 4,634 students are part time.

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Pace University - New York comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Pace University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

About 1.9% of Pace University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 6,120 students take at least one class online at Pace University. About 3,498 of the students at Pace University are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize The College at Brockport as the #7 school in this year's rankings. SUNY Brockport is a medium-sized public school located in the fringe town of Brockport.

About 1.7% of SUNY Brockport students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,318 students at SUNY Brockport that take at least one class online. 1,769 of SUNY Brockport students are attending part time.

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New York University
New York, NY

New York University landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best dance schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population. NYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Colleges for Dance list.

The student loan default rate at NYU is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 21,614 students take at least one class online at NYU. There are roughly 8,829 part time students in attendance at NYU.

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 2.7% of UNC Greensboro students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 10,689 students take at least one class online at UNC Greensboro. 4,738 of UNC Greensboro students are attending part time.

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Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma City University landed the #10 spot in our 2021 best dance schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Oklahoma City, OCU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. Approximately 400 students take at least one class online at OCU. 356 students are part time.

Full Dance at Oklahoma City University Report

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*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.

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