A degree in general dance is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #212 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Dance Schools in North Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 119 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. We derive our Best Overall General Dance School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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 North Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of dance movement studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top North Carolina Schools in Dance Movement Studies
It is hard to beat University of North Carolina School of the Arts if you want to pursue a degree in general dance. UNCSA is a small public university located in the large city of Winston Salem.
There were about 38 general dance students who graduated with this degree at UNCSA in the most recent year we have data available.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a great choice for students interested in a degree in general dance. UNC Greensboro is a large public university located in the city of Greensboro. This university ranks 17th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 28 general dance students who graduated with this degree at UNC Greensboro in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in general dance needs to check out University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 11 general dance students who graduated with this degree at UNC Charlotte in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat East Carolina University if you want to pursue a degree in general dance. ECU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Greenville. A Best Colleges rank of #275 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means ECU is a great university overall.
There were about 13 general dance students who graduated with this degree at ECU in the most recent data year.
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. We derive our Best Overall General Dance School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
