2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,397 people earned their degree in dance, making the major the 161st most popular in the United States. 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 the New England region, there were 197 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,300 and $26,980 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in dance. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great dance programs and cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$53,940 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Smith College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Smith is located in Northampton, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s dance degrees to qualified students.

Smith not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Smith are $53,940, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Dance at Smith College

#2

Bennington College

Bennington, Vermont

$24,132 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bennington College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Bennington is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bennington, Vermont. It awarded 2 masters’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

Bennington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Bennington are $24,132.

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• Best Value Master’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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