When it comes to popularity, dance sits in the middle of the road, ranking #158 out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Ohio to determine which ones were the best for dance students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 102 degrees in dance to qualified students.
The dance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Dance rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for dance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Dance Schools in Ohio ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of dance degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's hard to beat Ohio State University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in dance. Ohio State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbus. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 24 dance students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, dance degree recipients generally make about $21,167 at the beginning of their careers.
It's hard to beat Ohio University - Athens Campus if you want to pursue a degree in dance. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public university located in the town of Athens. This university ranks 7th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 14 dance students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in dance. UC is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Cincinnati. This university ranks 6th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 16 dance students who graduated with this degree at UC in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
The dance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Dance rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for dance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
