When it comes to popularity, dance sits in the middle of the road, ranking #158 out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Dance Schools in Florida ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 110 degrees in dance annually.
Your choice of dance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for dance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Dance Schools in Florida list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of dance degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Florida is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in dance. UF is a fairly large public university located in the city of Gainesville. A Best Colleges rank of #56 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were about 30 dance students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the dance program report average early career income of $16,639.
Any student pursuing a degree in dance has to take a look at Florida State University. Florida State is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee. This university ranks 2nd out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 26 dance students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent year we have data available.
University of South Florida - Main Campus is a good decision for students interested in a degree in dance. Located in the city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 70 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 16 dance students who graduated with this degree at USF Tampa in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
Your choice of dance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for dance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
