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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s in Florida 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 Florida, there were 140 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,700 and $17,250 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,589 and $45,697 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

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

#1

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$26,707 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$37,208 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid. Located in Tallahassee, Florida, this large public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s dance students in 2019-2020.

Florida State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida State University are $26,707, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Dance at Florida State University

#2

Jacksonville University

Jacksonville, Florida

$14,742 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jacksonville University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid. Jacksonville, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s dance degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at JU, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Jacksonville University are $14,742.

Read full report on Dance at Jacksonville University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• 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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