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by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Dance is the 212th most popular major in the country with 3,129 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 563 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,396 and $49,784 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in general dance. That schools that top this list have a program in general dance in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major in the Far Western US Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Institute of the Arts. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Valencia, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified masters’s dance movement studies students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Mary’s College of California. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. SMC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Moraga, California. It awarded 8 masters’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 88%. The undergraduate 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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.
Read full report on General Dance at Saint Mary’s College of California
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Long Beach landed the #4 spot on the list. CSULB is a large school located in Long Beach, California that handed out 46 masters’s dance movement studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Irvine. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. Irvine, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s dance movement studies degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, University of California - Los Angeles did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s dance movement studies students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
With a ranking of #7, University of California - Riverside did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of California - Riverside is a large public school situated in Riverside, California. It awarded 2 masters’s dance movement studies degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Dance at University of California - Riverside
With a ranking of #8, University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s dance movement studies degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Hawaii at Manoa did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #9. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s dance movement studies degrees to 9 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Western Oregon University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #9. Western Oregon University is a small school located in Monmouth, Oregon that handed out 4 masters’s dance movement studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Dance at Western Oregon State College
University of Oregon landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Movement Studies Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. UO is a large public school situated in Eugene, Oregon. It awarded 10 masters’s dance movement studies degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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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