2025 Best Dance Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

a bachelor's degree in dance is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #115 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Dance Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 104 bachelor's degrees in dance to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on dance students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other dance students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for dance to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized dance related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for dance students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 the Best Dance Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Dance in Massachusetts

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in dance.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Bachelor's in Dance

1

Dean College
Franklin, MA

34 Annual Graduates

$24,236 Median Starting Salary

$76,787 Median Student Debt

Dean College is a wonderful option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in dance. Located in the large suburb of Franklin, Dean College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the dance program state that they receive average early career wages of $24,236.

More information about a bachelor’s in dance from Dean College

2

Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA

36 Annual Graduates

$22,993 Median Starting Salary

$91,187 Median Student Debt

Berklee College of Music is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in dance. Located in the city of Boston, Berklee College of Music is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Soon after graduating, dance bachelor's recipients generally make around $22,993 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in dance from Berklee College of Music

Best Dance Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Dance Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	183	22
New Hampshire	157	3
Rhode Island	157	13
Maine	156	6
Vermont	155	13

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Rankings in Majors Related to Dance

One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Dance has other similar majors worth exploring.

Dance Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Dance	104

Majors Similar to Dance

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Music	1,058
Fine & Studio Arts	751
Design & Applied Arts	644
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	609
Drama & Theater Arts	438
Arts & Media Management	188
General Visual & Performing Arts	121
Other Visual Art	29
Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry	4

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jazzart Dance Theatre. More about our data sources and methodologies.