Dance at Davis & Elkins College

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

D&E is located in Elkins, West Virginia and approximately 738 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student received a bachelor's degree in dance from D&E.

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

D&E Dance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dance

D&E Dance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the dance progam at D&E 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 D&E 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 Focused Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	76
Most Focused Dance Schools	89
Most Popular Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	225
Most Popular Dance Schools	272

Dance Student Demographics at D&E

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

D&E Dance Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student earned a bachelor's degree in dance from D&E.

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Drama & Theater 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 WV, the home state for Davis & Elkins College.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	660	$52,560

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 Dfscgt21 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.