Dance at Southern Methodist University

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

SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and approximately 12,373 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 14 dance majors received their bachelor's degree from SMU.

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

SMU Dance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dance

SMU Dance Rankings

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

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 SMU 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 Popular Dance Schools	73

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in dance from SMU. This is the #40 most popular school for dance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Dance Student Demographics at SMU

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

SMU Dance Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students earned a bachelor's degree in dance from SMU. About 86% of these graduates were women and the other 14% were men. The typical dance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at SMU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dance at SMU 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 Southern Methodist University with a bachelor's in dance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SMU 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
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Arts & Media Management
• Film, Video & Photographic 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 TX, the home state for Southern Methodist University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	6,240	$71,520
Choreographers	860	$61,850

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.