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Dance at University of California - San Diego

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

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and has a total student population of 39,576. In 2021, 8 dance majors received their bachelor's degree from UCSD.

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

UCSD Dance Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dance

UCSD Dance Rankings

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

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 UCSD 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 Dance Schools 87
Most Focused Dance Schools 276

Dance Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Dance Bachelor’s Program

88% Women
63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 13% of dance bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 - San Diego with a bachelor's in dance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

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 - San Diego.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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