Dance at George Mason University

Every dance school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the dance program at George Mason University stacks up to those at other schools.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in dance from GMU.

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

GMU Dance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dance

GMU Dance Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The dance major at GMU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	123
Best Value Dance Schools	153
Most Focused Dance Schools	207

How Much Do Dance Graduates from GMU Make?

The median salary of dance students who receive their bachelor's degree at GMU is $20,382. This is less than $21,579, which is the national average of all dance majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Dance Student Demographics at GMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dance majors at George Mason University.

GMU Dance Bachelor’s Program

The dance program at GMU awarded 15 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 13% of these degrees went to men with the other 87% going to women. The typical dance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at GMU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dance at GMU 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 George Mason University with a bachelor's in dance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Design & Applied Arts
• Other Visual Art
• Fine & Studio Arts
• Arts & Media Management
• Drama & Theater 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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Choreographers	430	$58,240

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 Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.