2023 Best Dance Graduate Certificate Schools
Finding the Best Dance Graduate Certificate School for You
Dance is the #161 most popular major in the country with 3,288 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Dance Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the best for dance majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Top Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Dance
Our 2023 rankings named New York University the best school in the United States for dance students working on their graduate certificate. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
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Out of the 2 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a very large student population.
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Dance Related Rankings by Major
Dance is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.
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 2 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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