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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Virginia 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 67 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. 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.
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 Virginia 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.
Shenandoah University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general dance. Located in the city of Winchester, Shenandoah is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 13th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 11 general dance students who graduated with this degree at Shenandoah in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat George Mason University if you wish to pursue a degree in general dance. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #92 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means GMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 20 general dance students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent year we have data available.
Virginia Commonwealth University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general dance. VCU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Richmond. A Best Colleges rank of #189 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means VCU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 16 general dance students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in general dance has to check out Radford University. Located in the fringe town of Radford, Radford is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 20th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 9 general dance students who graduated with this degree at Radford in the most recent year we have data available.
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. 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.
