Dance at University of Florida

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

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and approximately 53,372 students attend the school each year. Of the 9,775 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Florida in 2021, 31 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.

UF Dance Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Dance (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Dance

UF Dance Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The dance major at UF 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
Most Focused Dance Basic Certificate Schools	15

Dance Student Demographics at UF

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

UF Dance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 31 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Dance from UF in 2020-2021, 13% were men and 87% were women. The typical dance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at UF since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 Florida with a bachelor's in dance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Music
• General Visual & Performing Arts
• Design & Applied Arts
• Drama & Theater Arts
• 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 FL, the home state for University of Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	3,520	$72,670
Choreographers	160	$48,150

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 DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.