Balletbachelor's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #794 out of the 1232 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.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of ballet. Combined, these schools handed out 41 bachelor's degrees in ballet to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Ballet School for Your Bachelor's Degree
The ballet bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality ballet program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to ballet students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of ballet students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized ballet related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for ballet students working on their bachelor's degree.
The ballet school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Ballet Bachelor's Degree Schools.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Ballet in the United States
Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for ballet students seeking a a bachelor's degree.
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).