Dance Therapy degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #1111 out of the 1506 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
There was only one school in the United States to review for the 2025 Best Dance Therapy Schools ranking.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Dance Therapy Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Dance Therapy in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of dance therapy degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).