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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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in dance from Hunter.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks dance programs across the country. The following shows how Hunter performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools 32
Most Focused Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools 131

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in dance from Hunter. This makes it the #21 most popular school for dance master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

87% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in dance from Hunter. About 13% were men and 87% were women. The typical dance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at Hunter since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Hunter Dance Master’s Program

100% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 4 dance students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Hunter, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

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Of the students who received a dance master's degree from Hunter, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Hunter 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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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