2024 Best Dance Bachelor's Degree Schools in Georgia

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in dance, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #115 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Dance Bachelor's Degree Schools in Georgia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 56 bachelor's degrees in dance to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Dance School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The dance bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality dance program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to dance students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of dance students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt dance students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized dance related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for dance students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Dance Schools

The dance school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Dance Bachelor's Degree Schools in Georgia.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Dance in Georgia

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in dance.

Top Georgia Schools for a Bachelor's in Dance

1

Emory University
Atlanta, GA

6 Annual Graduates

Emory University is a good choice for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in dance. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Atlanta.More information about a bachelor’s in dance from Emory University

2

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

9 Annual Graduates

University of Georgia is a good decision for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in dance. UGA is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Athens.More information about a bachelor’s in dance from University of Georgia

3

Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA

18 Annual Graduates

$18,088 Median Starting Salary

$22,762 Median Student Debt

Kennesaw State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in dance. KSU Georgia is a very large public university located in the suburb of Kennesaw.

After graduation, dance bachelor's recipients typically earn about $18,088 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in dance from Kennesaw State University

4

Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA

9 Annual Graduates

Valdosta State University is a good option for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in dance. Located in the city of Valdosta, VSU is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in dance from Valdosta State University

Best Dance Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Dance Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	101
Tennessee	220	9
North Carolina	213	115
Virginia	213	51
South Carolina	195	36
Kentucky	187	14
Alabama	184	56
Louisiana	171	15
Mississippi	169	30
Arkansas	167	8
West Virginia	147	1

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Dance Related Rankings by Major

Dance is one of 10 different types of Visual & Performing Arts programs to choose from.

Dance Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Dance	56

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Design & Applied Arts	1,028
Fine & Studio Arts	823
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	667
Drama & Theater Arts	388
Music	317
General Visual & Performing Arts	72
Arts & Media Management	9

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jazzart Dance Theatre. More about our data sources and methodologies.