Dance at Texas Woman’s University

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

TWU is located in Denton, Texas and has a total student population of 16,433.

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

TWU Dance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dance
• Master’s Degree in Dance

TWU Dance Rankings

The dance major at TWU 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.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in dance, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Dance Student Demographics at TWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dance majors at Texas Woman’s University.

TWU Dance Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of dance bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% went to women. The typical dance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 11% men. So male students are more repesented at TWU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its dance bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas Woman's University with a bachelor's in dance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

TWU Dance Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of dance master's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 11% men graduate in dance each year. TWU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

Of the students who received a dance master's degree from TWU, 59% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the dance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas Woman's University with a master's in dance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Dance

Dance majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Texas Woman's University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Dance	38

Related Majors

• Design & Applied Arts
• 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 TX, the home state for Texas Woman's 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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.