2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dance (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Dance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Southwest region, there were 406 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,340 and $23,695 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 39 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dance programs, but they also cost less that 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Vallue Dance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Vallue Dance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree dance students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dance (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$6,861 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Dance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 6 associates’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Dance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Austin Community College District is $6,861 for southwest region associate degree dance students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Dance at Austin Community College District

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dance (Income Over $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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