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Dance at Columbia College Chicago

If you plan to study dance, take a look at what Columbia College Chicago has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Columbia is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 6,769. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in dance from Columbia.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Dance section at the bottom of this page.

Columbia Dance Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dance

Columbia Dance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the dance progam at Columbia compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The dance major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Dance. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools 66
Best Value Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools 115
Best Value Dance Schools 125
147
Best Dance Schools 155

Earnings of Columbia Dance Graduates

The median salary of dance students who receive their bachelor's degree at Columbia is $20,411. This is less than $21,579, which is the national average of all dance majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Dance Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dance majors at Columbia College Chicago.

Columbia Dance Bachelor’s Program

93% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 dance majors earned their bachelor's degree from Columbia. Of these graduates, 7% were men and 93% were women.

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About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dance at Columbia are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a bachelor's in dance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 9
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Columbia also has a doctoral program available in dance. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Dance Grads May Go Into

A degree in dance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Columbia College Chicago.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 3,940 $68,360
Choreographers 80 $35,490

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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