General Dance is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #212 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for general dance students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 114 degrees in general dance annually.
The dance movement studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Dance rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general 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 picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Dance Schools in New Jersey ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the dance movement studies degree levels they offer.
Every student who is interested in general dance needs to look into Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Rutgers New Brunswick is a great university overall.
There were roughly 32 general dance students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in general dance has to look into Montclair State University. Located in the suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #290 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Montclair State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 39 general dance students who graduated with this degree at Montclair State in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in general dance needs to check out Rider University. Located in the suburb of Lawrenceville, Rider is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 11th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 17 general dance students who graduated with this degree at Rider in the most recent data year.
New Jersey City University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general dance. Located in the large city of Jersey City, NJCU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 36th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 7 general dance students who graduated with this degree at NJCU in the most recent data year.
Rankings in Majors Related to Dance Movement Studies
One of 2 majors within the Dance area of study, General Dance has other similar majors worth exploring.
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).
The dance movement studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Dance rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general dance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
