2023 Best Dance Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Dance for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 the Southwest region, there were 413 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,261 and $22,876 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 37 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dance programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the dance program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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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 Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Dance for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Dance for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree vets studying dance.
Top 1 Best Dance Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Dance for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Scottsdale Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Scottsdale Community College is a medium-sized school located in Scottsdale, Arizona that handed out 8 associates’s dance degrees in 2020-2021.
Scottsdale Community College also made our “Best Dance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 7,634 students enrolled at Scottsdale Community College, 178 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 133 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,006. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Scottsdale Community College]](/colleges/scottsdale-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.
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