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2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $75-$110k

5 Ranked Colleges
33 Degrees Awarded
$22,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor's in Missouri For Those Making $75-$110k

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 Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Missouri, there were 35 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $15,800 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,837 and $25,380 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the dance program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri bachelor’s degree dance students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $75-$110k) in Missouri

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. WUSTL is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 5 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WUSTL, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. It costs about $25,505 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Dance students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend WUSTL.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full WUSTL Dance Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, this fairly large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dance students in 2019-2020.

UMKC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Missouri - Kansas City is $17,241 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Dance students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full UMKC Dance Report

#3

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, Missouri

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lindenwood University landed the #3 spot on the list. Saint Charles, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s dance degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Lindenwood University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. It costs about $19,268 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Dance students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Lindenwood University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Lindenwood University Dance Report

#4

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $75-$110k list. Webster is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s dance degrees to qualified students.

Webster also made our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Webster University is $24,584 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Dance students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Webster Dance Report

#5

Stephens College

Columbia, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephens College landed the #5 spot on the list. Stephens is a small school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 2 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

Stephens not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The yearly cost to attend Stephens is $26,885 for missouri bachelor’s degree dance students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Dance at Stephens

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.

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