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Dance at Mount Holyoke College

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

Mt. Holyoke is located in South Hadley, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 2,040. Of the 628 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mount Holyoke College in 2021, 7 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.

Mt. Holyoke Dance Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dance

Mt. Holyoke Dance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the dance progam at Mt. Holyoke compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Mt. Holyoke 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 42
Most Focused Dance Schools 52
Most Popular Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools 122

Dance Student Demographics at Mt. Holyoke

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

Mt. Holyoke Dance Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 7 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Dance from Mt. Holyoke in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dance at Mt. Holyoke 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 Mount Holyoke College with a bachelor's in dance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Mt. Holyoke 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 MA, the home state for Mount Holyoke College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 6,190 $99,540
Choreographers 30 $60,150

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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