2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 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 $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The dance 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 “Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree dance students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $48-$75k) in Pennsylvania

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k. Temple is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 11 masters’s dance degrees 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236.

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#2

The University of the Arts

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$46,680 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of the Arts. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k list. The University of the Arts is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 13 masters’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

UArts also made our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UArts are $46,680, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Dance at The University of the Arts

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $48-$75k)

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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