2023 Best Dance Master's Degree Schools
Finding the Best Dance Master'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.
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.
The Best Dance Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 35 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the United States
Check out the dance master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top 10 Best Dance Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Duke University the best school in the United States for dance students working on their master’s degree. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools list. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
Out of the 35 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a large student population.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Sam Houston State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best dance schools in the United States. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.
With a ranking of #6, University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for dance students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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Tulane University of Louisiana ranked #7 on this year’s Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
With a ranking of #8, University of California - Irvine did quite well on this year’s best schools for dance students working on their master’s degree. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the city of Irvine.
Ohio State University - Main Campus came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the large city of Columbus.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree dance programs. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.
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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 |
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| 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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