Bachelor's degree · Visual and performing arts · CIP 50.03
Dance: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 245 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Dance, together awarding 2,673 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $28,543 one year after finishing and $43,758 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $25,000 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Compare Dance programs on one chart
Pick any two measures. Hover a dot to see the college; click it to open the college's page.
Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 37 of 240; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Dance
| Point Park University Pittsburgh · Private nonprofit | PA | 63 | $28,555 | $36,196 | n/a |
| New York University New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 48 | $31,663 | $39,790 | $17,953 |
| Marymount Manhattan College New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 46 | $31,726 | $54,731 | $27,000 |
| Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City · Private nonprofit | OK | 44 | $28,513 | $37,018 | $27,000 |
| Brigham Young University Provo · Private nonprofit | UT | 42 | $20,190 | n/a | $11,000 |
| Texas State University San Marcos · Public | TX | 41 | $43,011 | $52,233 | $21,937 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus · Public | OH | 40 | $23,055 | $45,860 | $26,000 |
| SUNY at Purchase College Purchase · Public | NY | 40 | $30,053 | $33,215 | $19,500 |
| University of Arizona Tucson · Public | AZ | 40 | $26,504 | $31,776 | $23,250 |
| University of California-Irvine Irvine · Public | CA | 39 | $30,593 | $39,825 | $19,297 |
| Fordham University Bronx · Private nonprofit | NY | 37 | $25,918 | $51,559 | $27,000 |
| The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa · Public | AL | 37 | $27,783 | $42,264 | $26,000 |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City · Public | UT | 37 | $27,057 | $37,199 | $25,500 |
| California State University-Long Beach Long Beach · Public | CA | 36 | $26,348 | $42,472 | $16,250 |
| Chapman University Orange · Private nonprofit | CA | 35 | $28,158 | $50,040 | $23,018 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick · Public | NJ | 34 | $27,416 | $51,370 | $26,936 |
| Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock · Public | PA | 34 | $26,135 | $43,481 | $27,000 |
| Montclair State University Montclair · Public | NJ | 33 | $23,553 | $48,518 | $27,000 |
| Sam Houston State University Huntsville · Public | TX | 30 | $29,727 | $53,670 | $24,000 |
| Pace University New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 29 | $37,158 | $33,137 | $19,500 |
| American Musical and Dramatic Academy New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 28 | $24,730 | n/a | $27,000 |
| Berklee College of Music Boston · Private nonprofit | MA | 28 | $25,755 | $38,010 | $25,000 |
| Dean College Franklin · Private nonprofit | MA | 28 | $30,938 | $39,170 | $27,000 |
| University of Florida Gainesville · Public | FL | 27 | $28,954 | $47,547 | $14,394 |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts Winston Salem · Public | NC | 27 | $20,345 | $44,191 | $25,000 |
| Western Michigan University Kalamazoo · Public | MI | 27 | $24,646 | $53,682 | $27,000 |
| Kennesaw State University Kennesaw · Public | GA | 25 | $26,911 | n/a | $19,110 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara · Public | CA | 24 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles · Private nonprofit | CA | 22 | $35,350 | n/a | n/a |
| Texas Woman's University Denton · Public | TX | 21 | $30,220 | $51,694 | $22,259 |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte · Public | NC | 21 | n/a | $44,644 | $19,500 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe · Public | AZ | 20 | $33,140 | $50,700 | $14,500 |
| Columbia College Chicago Chicago · Private nonprofit | IL | 20 | n/a | $37,324 | $27,000 |
| Muhlenberg College Allentown · Private nonprofit | PA | 20 | $34,496 | $57,087 | $26,000 |
| The Juilliard School New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 20 | $33,914 | $36,080 | $22,498 |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin · Public | TX | 20 | n/a | $45,684 | $19,918 |
| East Carolina University Greenville · Public | NC | 19 | $29,863 | $46,828 | $26,000 |
| Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington · Public | IN | 19 | $24,530 | n/a | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro · Public | NC | 19 | $30,655 | $38,703 | $20,843 |
| West Virginia University Morgantown · Public | WV | 19 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Towson University Towson · Public | MD | 18 | $22,985 | $40,802 | n/a |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman · Public | OK | 18 | $26,179 | n/a | n/a |
| Elon University Elon · Private nonprofit | NC | 17 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Florida State University Tallahassee · Public | FL | 17 | $36,927 | n/a | n/a |
| George Mason University Fairfax · Public | VA | 17 | $23,487 | n/a | n/a |
| University of Iowa Iowa City · Public | IA | 17 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas · Public | NV | 17 | $35,048 | n/a | n/a |
| University of South Florida Tampa · Public | FL | 17 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| California State University-Fullerton Fullerton · Public | CA | 16 | $29,111 | n/a | n/a |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 16 | $37,405 | n/a | n/a |
Quick facts: Dance
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Dance?
- The College Scorecard lists 245 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Dance.
- How much do Dance graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $28,543 one year after graduation (58 institutions reporting) and $43,758 five years after graduation (54 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Dance graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: Hofstra University ($62,894), Loyola Marymount University ($58,388), Muhlenberg College ($57,087), University of California-Riverside ($54,854), and Marymount Manhattan College ($54,731).
- How much student debt do Dance graduates have?
- The median institution's Dance graduates leave with $25,000 in federal student loans (44 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Dance degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: Point Park University (63), New York University (48), Marymount Manhattan College (46), Oklahoma City University (44), and Brigham Young University (42).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Dance (CIP code 50.03), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.