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Dance at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in dance from UIUC.

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

UIUC Dance Degrees Available

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

UIUC Dance Rankings

The dance major at UIUC 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.

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in dance from UIUC. This makes it the #24 most popular school for dance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UIUC Dance Graduates

The median salary of dance students who receive their bachelor's degree at UIUC is $21,801. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $21,579 for all dance bachelor's degree recipients.

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Dance Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Dance Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The dance program at UIUC awarded 11 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

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About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dance at UIUC are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in dance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

UIUC Dance Master’s Program

67% Women
67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of dance master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in dance.

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

UIUC 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 3,940 $68,360
Choreographers 80 $35,490

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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