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. Of the 10,102 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - Los Angeles in 2021, 27 of them were dance majors.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the dance progam at UCLA compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	154

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in dance from UCLA. This makes it the #14 most popular school for dance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UCLA Dance Graduates

The median salary of dance students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCLA is $14,394. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $21,579 for all dance students.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in dance from UCLA. About 26% were men and 74% were women. The typical dance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at UCLA since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UCLA Dance Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a master's degree in dance from UCLA. About 83% of these graduates were women and the other 17% were men.

In the dance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 29% 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	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UCLA also has a doctoral program available in dance. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.