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Dance at University of Maryland - College Park

Dance at University of Maryland - College Park

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

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and has a total student population of 40,709.

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

UMCP Dance Degrees Available

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

UMCP Dance Rankings

The dance major at UMCP 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 UMCP

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

UMCP Dance Bachelor’s Program

82% Women
73% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 18% of dance bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. The typical dance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 11% men. So male students are more repesented at UMCP since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 Maryland - College Park with a bachelor's in dance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

UMCP Dance Master’s Program

100% Women
100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of dance master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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In the dance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 63% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland - College Park 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 0
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Dance

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Dance 9

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - College Park.

Occupation Jobs in MD Average Salary in MD
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 1,850 $74,160

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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