2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Vermont, there were 13 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general dance. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general dance programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general dance program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for General Dance (Income $75-$110k) in Vermont

#1

Middlebury College

Middlebury, Vermont

#1 in overall quality

$20,468 Average Net Price

$48,430 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Middlebury College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k. Middlebury is a small school located in Middlebury, Vermont that handed out 3 ’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Middlebury also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Dance Schools in Vermont” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Middlebury is $20,468 for Vermont Dance Movement Studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

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#2

Bennington College

Bennington, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$27,823 Average Net Price

$18,100 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k list. This small school is located in Bennington, Vermont, and it awarded 10 ’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Bennington also made our “Best General Dance Schools in Vermont” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $27,823 for Vermont Dance Movement Studies students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Bennington College.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.

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• Best Value Colleges for General Dance (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Colleges for General Dance (Income $75-$110k)

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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