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2023 Most Popular Dance Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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$33,301 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Dance Master's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, dance was ranked #161 in the country. In fact 3,288 degrees and certificates were handed out 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 in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Dance program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Dance Master's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for dance students working on their master’s degree. UWM is a very large public school located in the city of Milwaukee.

Full Dance at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Report

Out of the 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

Full Dance at Ohio State University - Main Campus Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

About 67% of the students majoring in dance at the school are women while 33% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great place for dance students working on their master’s degree. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

Women make up 67% of the dance majors at the school.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Case Western Reserve University is a great place for dance students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 50% of the dance majors at the school.

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Ohio University - Athens Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. OHIO Athens is a very large public school located in the distant town of Athens.

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Best Dance Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 97
Ohio 103
Illinois 37
Indiana 55
Wisconsin 49

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 6 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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