2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance in New York (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 New York, there were 474 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,525 and $30,982 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 36 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york master’s degree dance students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance in New York (With Aid)

#1

The College at Brockport

Brockport, New York

$24,080 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The College at Brockport. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid. Brockport, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s dance degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Brockport also made our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The College at Brockport are $24,080.

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#2

New York University

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$36,892 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$38,829 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #2 spot on the list. New York University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 27 masters’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NYU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Sarah Lawrence College

Bronxville, New York

#2 in overall quality

$31,512 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Sarah Lawrence College landed the #3 spot on the list. Bronxville, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s dance degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Sarah Lawrence not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Sarah Lawrence are $31,512.

Read more about Dance at Sarah Lawrence

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• Best Value Master’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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