2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $75-$110k) in Massachusetts

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Massachusetts, there were 146 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,300 and $26,980 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $75-$110k) in Massachusetts

#1

Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$53,940 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Smith College landed the #1 spot on the list. Northampton, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s dance degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Smith also made our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Smith College are $53,940.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $75-$110k)

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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