Dance at Hobart and William Smith Colleges

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 Hobart and William Smith Colleges stacks up to those at other schools.

The Colleges is located in Geneva, New York and approximately 1,833 students attend the school each year. Of the 638 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 2021, 8 of them were dance majors.

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

The Colleges Dance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dance

The Colleges Dance Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks dance programs across the country. The following shows how The Colleges 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 The Colleges 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	27
Most Focused Dance Schools	35

Dance Student Demographics at The Colleges

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dance majors at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

The Colleges Dance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 dance students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from The Colleges, about 13% were men and 88% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dance at The Colleges 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 Hobart and William Smith Colleges with a bachelor's in dance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

The Colleges 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
• Music
• 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 Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

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 Aoliveira414 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.