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2023 Best Value Dance Master's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

35 Colleges
$26,497 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,301 Avg Salary

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 Value 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 value experiences for dance students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for dance majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Dance Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Woman’s University the best value school in the United States for dance students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at TWU are $15,048 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Sam Houston State University is a great value for dance students working on their master’s degree. SHSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SHSU are $16,009 per year.

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#3

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

The excellent master’s degree programs at Montclair State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value dance schools in the United States. Montclair State is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Montclair.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Montclair State are $13,519 per year.

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#4

Jacksonville University

Jacksonville, FL

Out of the 35 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Jacksonville University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Jacksonville, JU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

JU graduate students pay an average of $14,039 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means California State University - Long Beach is a great value for dance students working on their master’s degree. CSULB is a very large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

CSULB graduate students pay an average of $17,784 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

New York University

New York, NY

New York University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dance Master’s Degree Schools ranking. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

NYU graduate students pay an average of $38,206 in tuition and fees each year.

NYU also claimed a spot on our Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#7

Duke University

Durham, NC

Duke University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for dance students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

Duke graduate students pay an average of $59,141 in tuition and fees each year.

Duke excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 1% of all schools on our Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools list.

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Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dance Master’s Degree Schools ranking. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 a year.

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#9

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Temple University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Dance Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Temple are $24,812 a year.

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University of California - Irvine ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Dance Master’s Degree Schools list. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Irvine are $28,458 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UC Irvine also did well on our Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 25 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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