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Dance at Northwestern University

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

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received a bachelor's degree in dance from Northwestern.

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

Northwestern Dance Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dance

Northwestern Dance Rankings

The dance major at Northwestern 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.

Dance Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Dance Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students earned a bachelor's degree in dance from Northwestern. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men.

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About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dance at Northwestern 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 Northwestern University 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 0
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Northwestern 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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 3,940 $68,360
Choreographers 80 $35,490

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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