2023 Best Dance Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Finding the Best Dance Bachelor's Degree School for You
Dance is the #161 most popular major in the country with 3,288 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Dance Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 36 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best bachelor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.
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2023 Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Dance Bachelor's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Dance Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Duke University to be the best school for dance students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Emory University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best dance schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UGA is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Athens.
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Out of the 36 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the # 4 spot on the list. UofSC is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a very large student population.
Dance majors at UF take out an average of $22,811 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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With a ranking of #6, Tulane University of Louisiana did quite well on this year’s best schools for dance students working on their bachelor’s degree. Tulane is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New Orleans.
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With a ranking of #7, Florida State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for dance students working on their bachelor’s degree. Florida State is a very large public school located in the city of Tallahassee.
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With a ranking of #8, University of North Carolina at Charlotte did quite well on this year’s best schools for dance students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a very large student population.
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With a ranking of #9, University of North Carolina School of the Arts did quite well on this year’s best schools for dance students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Winston-Salem, UNCSA is a public college with a small student population.
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University of Kentucky landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree dance programs. UK is a very large public school located in the city of Lexington.
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Explore the best dance colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 56 |
| Virginia | 69 |
| North Carolina | 125 |
| Florida | 117 |
| Tennessee | 9 |
| Kentucky | 14 |
| South Carolina | 36 |
| Louisiana | 17 |
| Arkansas | 8 |
| Alabama | 56 |
| Mississippi | 32 |
| West Virginia | 1 |
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Rankings in Majors Related to Dance
One of 10 majors within the area of study, dance has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Dance
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Fine & Studio Arts | 37,413 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 36,301 |
| Music | 25,910 |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 17,341 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 16,778 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Jazzart Dance Theatre.
More about our data sources and methodologies.