2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $30-$48k) in Pennsylvania

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in dance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality dance programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the dance program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $30-$48k) in Pennsylvania

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s dance degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Temple not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Dance at Temple University

#2

The University of the Arts

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$46,680 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of the Arts. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k. UArts is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UArts also took the #2 spot in our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of the Arts are $46,680, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $30-$48k)

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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