Dance at University of California - Los Angeles

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

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 44,589.

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

UCLA Dance Degrees Available

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

UCLA Dance Rankings

The dance major at UCLA 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 UCLA

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

UCLA 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 UCLA since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in dance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	10
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UCLA 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. UCLA 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 - Los Angeles with a master's in dance.

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

Concentrations Within Dance

The following dance concentations are available at University of California - Los Angeles. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - Los Angeles. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Dance	33

Related Majors

• Arts & Media Management
• Design & Applied Arts
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Music
• 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 - Los Angeles.

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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.