2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major
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General Dance is the 212th most popular major in the country with 3,129 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,735 and $124,256 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major”.
Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Dance
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #1 spot on the list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s dance movement studies degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major list. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s dance movement studies degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, 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 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major list. Temple University is a large public school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 2 doctorate’s dance movement studies degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
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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%.
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- *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.
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