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2023 Best Value Dance Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$22,441 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,760 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Dance Bachelor's Degree 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 Value Dance Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for dance students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

Check out the dance bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Dance

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Carolina at Charlotte the best value school in North Carolina for dance students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a very large student population.

UNC Charlotte undergraduate students pay an average of $7,188 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNC Charlotte excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

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#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. ECU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ECU are $7,297 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, ECU also is in the top 15% of our Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Appalachian State University is a great value for dance students working on their bachelor’s degree. Appalachian State is a very large public school located in the town of Boone.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Appalachian State are $7,410 per year.

Appalachian State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina School of the Arts. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Winston-Salem, UNCSA is a public college with a small student population.

UNCSA undergraduate students pay an average of $8,941 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Greensboro helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value dance schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNC Greensboro are $7,468 a year.

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#6

Duke University

Durham, NC

Duke University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Duke are $60,244 a year.

Duke also made our Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #1.

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#7

High Point University

High Point, NC

With a ranking of #7, High Point University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for dance students working on their bachelor’s degree. High Point is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of High Point.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at High Point are $39,752 per year.

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#8

Meredith College

Raleigh, NC

Meredith College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the large city of Raleigh, Meredith is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Meredith are $41,224 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Meredith is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

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Best Value Dance Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Dance Colleges 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

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.

  • 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.

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