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Dance at University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Dance at University of Massachusetts Amherst

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

UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and approximately 31,642 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students received a bachelor's degree in dance from UMass Amherst.

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

UMass Amherst Dance Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dance

UMass Amherst Dance Rankings

The dance major at UMass Amherst 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 UMass Amherst

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

UMass Amherst Dance Bachelor’s Program

88% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 16 dance students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UMass Amherst, about 13% were men and 88% were women.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dance at UMass Amherst are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Massachusetts Amherst with a bachelor's in dance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

UMass Amherst 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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 6,190 $99,540
Choreographers 30 $60,150

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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