2025 Best General Dance Schools in the New England Region
4Colleges in the New England Region
142Dance Movement Studies Degrees Awarded
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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the New England Region 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 142 degrees in general dance annually.
Your choice of general dance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Dance School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 the New England Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for General Dance in the New England Region
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 New England Region Schools in Dance Movement Studies
Any student pursuing a degree in general dance needs to take a look at Connecticut College. Located in the city of New London, Conn College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #232 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Conn College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 5 general dance students who graduated with this degree at Conn College in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Dean College if you wish to pursue a degree in general dance. Located in the large suburb of Franklin, Dean College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 55th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 33 general dance students who graduated with this degree at Dean College in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in general dance needs to check out Bennington College. Bennington is a small private not-for-profit college located in the distant town of Bennington. This college ranks 3rd out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Vermont.
There were about 9 general dance students who graduated with this degree at Bennington in the most recent year we have data available.
Berklee College of Music is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general dance. Located in the city of Boston, Berklee College of Music is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
There were roughly 20 general dance students who graduated with this degree at Berklee College of Music in the most recent data year.
General Dance is one of 2 different types of Dance programs to choose from.
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).
Your choice of general dance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Dance School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
