2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Dance Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Dance is the 161st most popular major in the country with 3,397 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, dance graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $20,940 and had an average of $26,168 in loans still to pay off.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 279 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $17,867 and $26,417 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality dance programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the dance program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Dance Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Dance Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania doctor’s degree dance students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $0-$30k) in Pennsylvania

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #1 spot on the list. Temple University is a public institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Temple, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Dance Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Dance at Temple University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jazzart Dance Theatre.

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