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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ballet Major

5 Ranked Colleges
41 Degrees Awarded
$38,000 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Ballet Major

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In 2021-2022, 43 people earned their degree in ballet, making the major the 1092nd most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 41 ballet graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,724 and $23,030 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ballet Major” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in ballet. That schools that top this list have a program in ballet in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ballet Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree ballet students.

Top 5 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Ballet

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Marymount Manhattan College
New York, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marymount Manhattan College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ballet Major list. MMC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 4 bachelors’s ballet degrees in 2021-2022.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Ballet at Marymount Manhattan College

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University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ballet Major list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ballet degrees to 27 students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Ballet at University of Utah

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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ballet Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Christian University landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas Christian University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 8 bachelors’s ballet degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Ballet at Texas Christian University

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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ballet Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #4 spot on the list. Indiana University - Bloomington is a public institution located in Bloomington, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full IU Bloomington Ballet Report

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Friends University
Wichita, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Friends University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ballet Major list. Friends University is located in Wichita, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s ballet degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Friends University Ballet Report

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