2023 Best Value Dance Schools in Virginia
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Dance School for You
In 2020-2021, 69 degrees and certificates were awarded to dance students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #153 most popular major in the state.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Dance Schools in Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Virginia 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.
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2023 Best Value Dance Schools in Virginia
Check out the dance programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Best Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in Dance
Our analysis found Radford University to be the best value school for dance students who want to pursue a degree in Virginia. Radford is a moderately-sized public school located in the small suburb of Radford.
Radford undergraduate students pay an average of $11,542 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means George Mason University is a great value for dance students. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GMU are $13,119 per year. On average, dance graduates from GMU take out $25,000 in student loans while working on their degree.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, GMU also is in the top 15% of our Best Dance Schools in Virginia ranking.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Dance Schools in Virginia list. Located in the city of Richmond, VCU is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at VCU are $15,028 a year. The average amount in student loans that dance majors at VCU take out is $27,000.
The excellent programs at Shenandoah University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best dance schools in Virginia. Located in the city of Winchester, Shenandoah is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Shenandoah are $34,490 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Shenandoah also is in the top 20% of our Best Dance Schools in Virginia ranking.
Best Value Dance Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Dance Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Georgia | 56 |
North Carolina | 125 |
Florida | 117 |
Tennessee | 9 |
Kentucky | 14 |
South Carolina | 36 |
Louisiana | 17 |
Arkansas | 8 |
Alabama | 56 |
Mississippi | 32 |
West Virginia | 1 |
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Majors Related to Dance
Dance is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
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 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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