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2023 Best Value Dance Schools in Colorado

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$10,955 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Dance School for You

With 30 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, dance is the #173 most popular major in Colorado.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Dance Schools in Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Colorado to see which ones offered the best value 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Dance Schools in Colorado

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

Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality in Dance

$12,188 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado State University - Fort Collins the best value school in Colorado for dance students. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Colorado State are $12,188 per year.

Colorado State also made our Best Dance Schools in Colorado list, coming in at #3.

Read full report on Dance at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

#2

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, CO
$9,000 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Colorado Mesa University is a great value for dance students. Colorado Mesa is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Grand Junction.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Colorado Mesa are $9,000 per year.

Read full report on Dance at Colorado Mesa University

$12,610 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a fairly large student population.

CU - Boulder undergraduate students pay an average of $12,610 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CU - Boulder is ranked #5 for overall quality for dance in Colorado.

Full Dance at University of Colorado Boulder Report

$10,021 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Metropolitan State University of Denver is a great value for dance students. Located in the large city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MSU Denver are $10,021 per year.

Read full report on Dance at Metropolitan State University of Denver

Best Value Dance Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Dance Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 139
Idaho 24
Montana 10
Wyoming 6

Dance is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

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 4 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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