2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” 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 District of Columbia, there were 15 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Dance in District of Columbia (With Aid)

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$33,719 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dance movement studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GWU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. It costs about $33,719 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students with aid per year to attend GWU.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Dance at George Washington University

#2

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$43,451 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #2 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

The American University also made our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend The American University is $43,451 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on General Dance at The American University

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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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