2023 Best Value Dance Schools in Minnesota
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Dance School for You
With 35 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, dance is the #171 most popular major in Minnesota.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Schools in Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Minnesota 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality in Dance
Our analysis found Minnesota State University - Mankato to be the best value school for dance students who want to pursue a degree in Minnesota. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the small city of Mankato.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,146 a year.
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The excellent programs at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best dance schools in Minnesota. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMN Twin Cities are $15,254 a year. The average amount in student loans that dance majors at UMN Twin Cities take out is $19,500.
In addition to its great value ranking, UMN Twin Cities is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Dance Schools in Minnesota list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend St Olaf College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Dance Schools in Minnesota list. St. Olaf is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Northfield.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at St. Olaf are $52,670 a year.
St. Olaf did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Dance Schools in Minnesota list.
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Explore all the Best Value Dance Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 37 |
| Kansas | 5 |
| Iowa | 28 |
| Nebraska | 3 |
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Majors Related to Dance
Dance is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related 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 3 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.
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