Dance at University of California - Irvine

What traits are you looking for in a dance school? To help you decide if University of California - Irvine is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's dance program.

UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and approximately 36,303 students attend the school each year.

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

UC Irvine Dance Degrees Available

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

UC Irvine Dance Rankings

The dance major at UC Irvine 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 UC Irvine

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

UC Irvine Dance Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of dance bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% went to women. The typical dance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 11% men. So male students are more repesented at UC Irvine since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 University of California - Irvine with a bachelor's in dance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UC Irvine Dance Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of dance master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 11% men graduate in dance each year. UC Irvine does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 39% more men than average.

In the dance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
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 University of California - Irvine. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Dance	58

Related Majors

• Other Visual Art
• Music
• Fine & Studio Arts
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Film, Video & Photographic 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Irvine.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	9,710	$115,460
Choreographers	410	$70,020

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 TFNorman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.