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2023 Best Dance Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

36 Colleges
$21,760 Avg Salary
$24,480 Avg Student Debt

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

#1

Duke University

Durham, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Duke University the best school in the Southeast Region for dance students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#3

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

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 very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Athens.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UofSC is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

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#5

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public college 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 fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Orleans.

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#7

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

Florida State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for dance students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Florida State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized 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 school with a fairly large student population.

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University of North Carolina School of the Arts came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem, UNCSA is a public college with a small student population.

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#10

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

University of Kentucky did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for dance students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. UK is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lexington.

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Best Dance Colleges by State

Explore the best dance schools 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

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.

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