Dance at Hunter College

If you are interested in studying dance, you may want to check out the program at Hunter College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Hunter is located in New York, New York and approximately 24,052 students attend the school each year.

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

Hunter Dance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dance
• Master’s Degree in Dance

Hunter Dance Rankings

The dance major at Hunter 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.

Dance Student Demographics at Hunter

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

Hunter Dance Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of dance bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 45% more racial-ethnic minorities in its dance bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Hunter Dance Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of dance master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 11% men graduate in dance each year. Hunter does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 49% more men than average.

In the dance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Dance

Dance majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Hunter College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Dance	19

Related Majors

• Music
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Fine & Studio Arts

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 NY, the home state for Hunter College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	11,530	$99,870
Choreographers	60	$85,720

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.