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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, there were 279 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $17,867 and $26,417 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in dance. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dance programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

More Ways to Rank Dance Schools

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 Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid. Temple University is a public institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple also took the #1 spot in our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236.

Read full report on Dance at Temple University

#2

The University of the Arts

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$46,680 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of the Arts. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s dance students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UArts, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UArts are $46,680, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Dance at The University of the Arts

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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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