2022 Best Value Colleges for General Dance (Income $0-$30k) in Iowa

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Dance is the 213th most popular major in the country with 3,254 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Iowa, there were 16 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general dance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general dance programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general dance program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for General Dance (Income $0-$30k) in Iowa

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$12,975 Average Net Price

$44,594 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school handed out 15 degrees to qualified ’s dance movement studies students in 2019-2020.

Iowa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Dance Schools in Iowa” list. It costs about $12,975 for Iowa Dance Movement Studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Iowa.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Iowa General Dance Report

#2

Luther College

Decorah, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$16,636 Average Net Price

$34,644 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Luther College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k. Luther College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Decorah, Iowa. It awarded 1 ’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Luther did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Dance Schools in Iowa” list. The estimated yearly cost for Luther is $16,636 for Iowa Dance Movement Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Dance at Luther College

• Best Value Colleges for General Dance (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Colleges for General Dance (Income $0-$30k)

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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