2021 Best Dance Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region
9Colleges
794Bachelor's Degrees
$38,775Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Dance Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Dance Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer a bachelor's 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 Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Dance Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Temple University has taken the #1 spot in this year's dance ranking for non-traditional students. Temple is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Temple has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Dance in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Temple is lower than is typical, just 1.3% of students default in three years. Approximately 20,264 students take at least one class online at Temple. 4,634 of Temple students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Pace University - New York as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Pace University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York. Pace University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Dance in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
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. 3,498 of Pace University students are attending part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to The College at Brockport. SUNY Brockport is a medium-sized public school located in the fringe town of Brockport. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, SUNY Brockport has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Dance in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
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. There are roughly 1,769 part time students in attendance at SUNY Brockport.
Our rankings recognize New York University as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, NYU has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Dance in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
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. 8,829 students are part time.
The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Adelphi University. Located in the large suburb of Garden City, Adelphi is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population. Adelphi did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Dance in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
About 1.1% of Adelphi students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 4,430 students at Adelphi that take at least one class online. About 1,287 of the students at Adelphi are attending part time.
Point Park University earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Point Park is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Point Park, the school also landed the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Dance in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.8%. There are approximately 974 students at Point Park that take at least one class online. 1,015 of Point Park students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Fordham University as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. Fordham U not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Dance in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
About 1.1% of Fordham U students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 2,819 students at Fordham U are exclusively online. 3,564 students are part time.
Marymount Manhattan College earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. MMC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. There are approximately 1,366 students at MMC that take at least one class online. 237 of MMC students are attending part time.
Purchase College earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. Purchase College is a small public school located in the suburb of Purchase. Purchase College not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #8 on our Best Colleges for Dance in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
The student loan default rate at Purchase College is lower than is typical, just 2.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 2,516 students take at least one class online at Purchase College. 308 of Purchase College students are attending part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 9 schools only.
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 the rest 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).
