When it comes to popularity, dance sits in the middle of the road, ranking #158 out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Dance Schools in Wisconsin ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 64 degrees in dance during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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 Best Dance Schools in Wisconsin list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of dance degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Wisconsin - Madison is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in dance. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were roughly 10 dance students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in dance needs to take a look at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 19th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were roughly 27 dance students who graduated with this degree at UWM in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the dance program earn about $23,394 in their early career salary.
Every student pursuing a degree in dance needs to take a look at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. Located in the distant town of Stevens Point, UW - Stevens Point is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 26th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were roughly 13 dance students who graduated with this degree at UW - Stevens Point in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the dance program make around $24,039 for their early career.
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).
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