2023 Most Popular Dance Master's Degree Schools
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Dance Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 55 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Dance program at each school on the list.
2023 Most Popular Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for dance majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Most Popular Dance Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found New York University to be the most popular school for dance students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
About 86% of the students majoring in dance at the school are women while 14% are male.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Hollins University is a great place for dance students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize suburb of Roanoke, Hollins is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Of the 18 students majoring in dance at Hollins, 39% are male and 61% are female.
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Out of the 55 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Long Beach landed the # 3 spot on the list. CSULB is a very large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.
Women make up 81% of the dance majors at the school.
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Out of the 55 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a large student population.
Women make up 93% of the dance majors at the school.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means The University of the Arts is a great place for dance students working on their master’s degree. UArts is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
Women make up 69% of the dance majors at the school.
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Saint Mary’s College of California ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Dance Master’s Degree Schools list. SMC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Moraga.
Women make up 89% of the dance majors at the school.
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University of California - Irvine landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree dance programs. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the city of Irvine.
Of the 9 students majoring in dance at UC Irvine, 44% are male and 56% are female.
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Jacksonville University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Dance Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Jacksonville, JU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
About 89% of the students majoring in dance at the school are women while 11% are male.
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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Dance Master’s Degree Schools list. UWM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.
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With a ranking of #10, Florida State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for dance students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public college with a very large student population.
Of the 7 students majoring in dance at Florida State, 29% are male and 71% are female.
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Dance Related Majors
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 32 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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