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2023 Best Dance Schools in North Carolina

8 Colleges
$20,983 Avg Salary
$25,794 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Dance School for You

In 2020-2021, 125 degrees and certificates were awarded to dance students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #136 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Dance Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Dance Schools in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for dance majors pursuing a .

Top North Carolina Schools in Dance

#1

Duke University

Durham, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Duke University the best school in North Carolina for dance students. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Dance Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public school with a very large student population.

Dance majors at UNC Charlotte take out an average of $26,500 in student loans while working on their egree.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina School of the Arts. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Dance Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem, UNCSA is a public college with a small student population.

Dance majors at UNCSA take out an average of $23,676 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#4

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Dance Schools in North Carolina list. ECU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

While working on their degree, dance majors at ECU accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.

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#5

High Point University

High Point, NC

Out of the 8 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, High Point University landed the # 5 spot on the list. High Point is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of High Point.

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#6

Meredith College

Raleigh, NC

Meredith College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Dance Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Raleigh, Meredith is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Appalachian State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for dance students. It came in at #7 on the list. Appalachian State is a very large public school located in the distant town of Boone.

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best dance programs. Located in the large city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public school with a fairly large student population.

On average, dance graduates from UNC Greensboro take out $26,000 in student loans while working on their degree.

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Best Dance Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Dance Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 56
Virginia 69
Florida 117
Tennessee 9
Kentucky 14
South Carolina 36
Louisiana 17
Arkansas 8
Alabama 56
Mississippi 32
West Virginia 1

More Dance Rankings in North Carolina

One of 10 majors within the area of study, dance has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 8 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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