2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance Therapy (Income $0-$30k)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Dance Therapy Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 42 people earned their degree in dance therapy/therapist, making the major the 1124th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 38 dance therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dance Therapy Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in dance therapy/therapist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great dance therapy/therapist programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the dance therapy/therapist program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Dance Therapy Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dance Therapy Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance Therapy (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$37,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Dance Therapy Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the #1 spot on the list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s dance therapy degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Drexel not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Dance Therapy Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel University are $37,074.

Read full report on Dance Therapy at Drexel University

#2

Sarah Lawrence College

Bronxville, New York

$31,512 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Dance Therapy Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Sarah Lawrence College landed the #2 spot on the list. Sarah Lawrence College is a small school located in Bronxville, New York that handed out 9 masters’s dance therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Sarah Lawrence did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Dance Therapy Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Sarah Lawrence College are $31,512, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Dance Therapy at Sarah Lawrence

#3

Pratt Institute - Main

Brooklyn, New York

#2 in overall quality

$35,226 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Dance Therapy Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pratt Institute - Main landed the #3 spot on the list. Pratt Institute is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Brooklyn, New York. It awarded 14 masters’s dance therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Pratt Institute not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Dance Therapy Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Pratt Institute are $35,226.

Full Pratt Institute - Main Dance Therapy Report

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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