2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dance in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

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 Value Dance Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 Far Western US region, there were 614 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $18,967 and $21,822 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great dance programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Dance Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Dance Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree dance students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dance in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#1

University of California - Riverside

Riverside, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,686 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Riverside landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - Riverside is a large public school situated in Riverside, California. It awarded 3 doctorate’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCR, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Dance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCR are $28,686.

Read more about Dance at UCR

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dance (With Aid)

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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