2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income Over $110k) in the New England Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Vallue Dance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking.

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 the New England region, there were 197 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,300 and $26,980 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Dance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k” 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the dance program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 Vallue Dance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k”.

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Best Vallue Dance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree dance students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income Over $110k) in the New England Region

#1

Bennington College

Bennington, Vermont

$24,132 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bennington College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Dance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k. Bennington, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s dance degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Bennington also made our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bennington College are $24,132, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Dance at Bennington College

#2

Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$53,940 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Smith College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Dance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k. 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 took the #1 spot in our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Smith are $53,940, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Dance at Smith College

• Best Value Master’s 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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