2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Dance in District of Columbia

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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2021-2022, 3,129 people earned their degree in general dance, making the major the 212th most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 5 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,578 and $24,158 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general dance. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general dance program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Dance in District of Columbia

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American University
Washington, District of Columbia

#3 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major in District of Columbia list. The American University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full The American University General Dance Report

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major in District of Columbia. GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

Read full report on General Dance at GWU

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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