2025 Best General Dance Schools in Michigan

If you plan on majoring in general dance, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #212 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Dance Schools in Michigan ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 93 degrees in general dance to qualified students.

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Pick Your General Dance Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Dance Schools in Michigan list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for General Dance in Michigan

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the dance movement studies degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Michigan Schools in Dance Movement Studies

1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

43.5% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Michigan - Ann Arbor if you want to pursue a degree in general dance. U-M is a very large public university located in the city of Ann Arbor.More information about a degree in general dance from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

2

Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

53.6% Growth in Graduates

It's difficult to beat Wayne State University if you wish to pursue a degree in general dance. Wayne State is a very large public university located in the large city of Detroit.More information about a degree in general dance from Wayne State University

Best General Dance Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best General Dance Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	939	101
Illinois	870	37
Indiana	737	50
Wisconsin	672	49

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General Dance Related Rankings by Major

General Dance is one of 2 different types of Dance programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Dance Movement Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Dance	12

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Notes and References

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.