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2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
33 Degrees Awarded
$20,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor's in Missouri For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dance in Missouri (With Aid)

#1

University of Missouri - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri
#2 in overall quality
$14,643 Average Net Price

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s dance degrees 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 yearly cost to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City is $14,643 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Dance students with aid.

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#2

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality
$26,869 Average Net Price

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dance students in 2019-2020.

WUSTL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The yearly cost to attend WUSTL is $26,869 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Dance students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%.

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#3

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, Missouri
#3 in overall quality
$17,491 Average Net Price
$21,964 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lindenwood University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid 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. The estimated yearly cost for Lindenwood University is $17,491 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Dance students with aid.

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%.

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#4

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#4 in overall quality
$22,768 Average Net Price
$23,456 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 Getting Aid list. Webster University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Webster also made our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $22,768 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Dance students with aid per year to attend Webster University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#5

Stephens College

Columbia, Missouri
#5 in overall quality
$22,337 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephens College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Columbia, Missouri, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Stephens, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Stephens College is $22,337 for missouri bachelor’s degree dance students with aid.

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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%.

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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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