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.
College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Dance Schools in Texas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 254 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.
The dance movement studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Dance Schools in Texas.
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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.
Every student who is interested in general dance has to take a look at Southern Methodist University. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #142 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means SMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 14 general dance students who graduated with this degree at SMU in the most recent data year.
The University of Texas at Austin is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general dance. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #46 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were roughly 21 general dance students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent year we have data available.
Texas State University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in general dance. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 16th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 41 general dance students who graduated with this degree at Texas State in the most recent data year.
Texas Tech University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in general dance. Texas Tech is a very large public university located in the large city of Lubbock. A Best Colleges rank of #161 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Texas Tech is a great university overall.
There were roughly 9 general dance students who graduated with this degree at Texas Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 24th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 36 general dance students who graduated with this degree at TWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 18th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 33 general dance students who graduated with this degree at SHSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 14th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 7 general dance students who graduated with this degree at UH 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. 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.
