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.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of dance. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 95 degrees in dance during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of dance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for dance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Arizona 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.
Any student pursuing a degree in dance has to take a look at Arizona State University - Tempe. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #119 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were roughly 25 dance students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available. Those dance students who get their degree from Arizona State University - Tempe make $6,288 more than the average dance graduate.
It's hard to beat University of Arizona if you wish to pursue a degree in dance. University of Arizona is a very large public university located in the city of Tucson. A Best Colleges rank of #133 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.
There were approximately 39 dance students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the dance program make around $16,878 for their early career.
Scottsdale Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in dance. Scottsdale Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the rural area of Scottsdale. This college ranks 20th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 15 dance students who graduated with this degree at Scottsdale Community College in the most recent data year.
Grand Canyon University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in dance. Grand Canyon University is a very large private for-profit university located in the city of Phoenix. This university ranks 4th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 8 dance students who graduated with this degree at Grand Canyon University in the most recent year we have data available.
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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Your choice of dance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for dance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
