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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Dance in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

37 Ranked Colleges
507 Degrees Awarded
$15,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 560 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 507 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 37 colleges that offered a degree 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Dance in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school handed out 28 degrees to qualified bachelors’s dance movement studies students in 2019-2020.

UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Florida is $6,302 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about General Dance at UF

#2

University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Winston-Salem, North Carolina
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina School of the Arts. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. UNCSA is a public institution located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNCSA also made our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for UNCSA is $13,885 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The low student loan default rate of 4.1% 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 impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full University of North Carolina School of the Arts General Dance Report

#3

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina
#10 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school situated in Greensboro, North Carolina. It awarded 32 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Greensboro also made our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #10. The yearly cost to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro is $12,748 for southeast region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students with aid.

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#4

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Florida State University is a large public school situated in Tallahassee, Florida. It awarded 19 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Florida State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $9,789 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students with aid per year to attend Florida State.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#20 in overall quality

Out of the 37 schools in the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. University of South Florida - Main Campus is located in Tampa, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students with aid list, USF Tampa has also earned the #20 rank in our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus is $8,355 for southeast region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.

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#6

Appalachian State University

Boone, North Carolina
#16 in overall quality

Appalachian State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Appalachian State is a large public school situated in Boone, North Carolina. It awarded 8 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Appalachian State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #16 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Appalachian State is $13,920 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Dance at Appalachian State University

#7

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#4 in overall quality

University of Georgia landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UGA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $13,649 for southeast region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students with aid per year to attend UGA.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

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#8

Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Middle Tennessee State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, this large public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s dance movement studies students in 2019-2020.

It costs about $12,464 for southeast region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students with aid per year to attend Middle Tennessee State University.

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#9

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky

Western Kentucky University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Western Kentucky University is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees to qualified students.

It costs about $11,962 for southeast region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students with aid per year to attend Western Kentucky University.

Full WKU General Dance Report

#10

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

University of Southern Mississippi came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Southern Miss is a fairly large public school situated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It awarded 9 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Mississippi is $14,923 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students with aid.

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#11

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina
#18 in overall quality

With a ranking of #11, University of North Carolina at Charlotte did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Charlotte, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNC Charlotte, the school also landed the #18 spot in our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNC Charlotte is $16,529 for southeast region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students with aid.

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

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#12

Troy University

Troy, Alabama

Troy University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #12. Troy University is located in Troy, Alabama and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees to qualified students.

The yearly cost to attend TROY is $14,285 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students with aid.

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#13

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia
#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #13, Emory University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 6 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Emory also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Emory is $23,734 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Emory General Dance Report

#14

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina

East Carolina University landed the #14 spot on the 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Greenville, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dance movement studies students in 2019-2020.

The estimated yearly cost for ECU is $15,844 for southeast region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students with aid.

Full East Carolina University General Dance Report

#15

Radford University

Radford, Virginia

With a ranking of #15, Radford University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Radford University is a public institution located in Radford, Virginia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

The estimated yearly cost for Radford is $16,447 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students with aid.

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#16

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas

University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #16 spot on the 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is a medium-sized school located in Little Rock, Arkansas that handed out 1 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

The yearly cost to attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock is $14,906 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students with aid.

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#17

Valdosta State University

Valdosta, Georgia

Valdosta State University ranked #17 on this year’s Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. VSU is a fairly large public school situated in Valdosta, Georgia. It awarded 6 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

It costs about $13,969 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students with aid per year to attend VSU.

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#18

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
#5 in overall quality

University of South Carolina - Columbia ranked #18 on this year’s Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

UofSC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $20,509 for southeast region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students with aid per year to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 90%.

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#19

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia
#11 in overall quality

Kennesaw State University ranked #19 on this year’s Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Kennesaw State University is a public institution located in Kennesaw, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students with aid list, KSU Georgia has also earned the #11 rank in our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $17,221 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students with aid per year to attend Kennesaw State University.

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#20

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia
#8 in overall quality

Virginia Commonwealth University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Richmond, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

VCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend VCU is $22,021 for southeast region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#21

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia
#13 in overall quality

George Mason University ranked #21 on this year’s Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. George Mason University is located in Fairfax, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students with aid list, GMU has also earned the #13 rank in our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for GMU is $21,048 for southeast region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 86%.

Full George Mason University General Dance Report

#22

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
#9 in overall quality

With a ranking of #22, The University of Alabama did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. UA is a large public school situated in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It awarded 43 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $22,597 for southeast region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students with aid per year to attend The University of Alabama.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read more about General Dance at UA

#23

Hollins University

Roanoke, Virginia
#17 in overall quality

Hollins University ranked #23 on this year’s Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Hollins is a private not-for-profit institution located in Roanoke, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Hollins did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #17 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Hollins University is $20,603 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students with aid.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#24

Winthrop University

Rock Hill, South Carolina

Winthrop University landed the #24 spot on the 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Winthrop University is located in Rock Hill, South Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees to qualified students.

The yearly cost to attend Winthrop is $19,047 for southeast region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students with aid.

Full Winthrop General Dance Report

#25

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#24 in overall quality

University of Kentucky ranked #25 on this year’s Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dance movement studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students with aid list, UK has also earned the #24 rank in our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Kentucky is $17,127 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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