2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,254 people earned their degree in general dance, making the major the 213th most popular in the United States.

Across Vermont, there were 13 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general dance. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general dance programs and cost less that 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Dance (Income $30-$48k) in Vermont

#1

Middlebury College

Middlebury, Vermont

#1 in overall quality

$8,616 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Middlebury College landed the #1 spot on the list. Middlebury is a small school located in Middlebury, Vermont that handed out 3 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Middlebury not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. The estimated yearly cost for Middlebury College is $8,616 for vermont bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Read more about General Dance at Middlebury College

#2

Bennington College

Bennington, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$22,730 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bennington College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $30-$48k list. Bennington is a small school located in Bennington, Vermont that handed out 8 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bennington, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bennington College is $22,730 for vermont bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Dance at Bennington

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Dance (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Dance (Income $30-$48k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jazzart Dance Theatre.

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