2025 Best Dance Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in dance, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #115 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Dance Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 23 bachelor's degrees in dance to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to dance students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of dance students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt dance students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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 colleges for dance students working on their bachelor's degree.

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 the Best Dance Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

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

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in dance.

Top Mississippi Schools for a Bachelor's in Dance

1

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS

10 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Southern Mississippi if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in dance. Southern Miss is a large public university located in the city of Hattiesburg.More information about a bachelor’s in dance from University of Southern Mississippi

2

Belhaven University
Jackson, MS

13 Annual Graduates

$15,711 Median Starting Salary

Belhaven University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in dance. Belhaven is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Jackson.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the dance program state that they receive average early career wages of $15,711.

More information about a bachelor’s in dance from Belhaven University

Best Dance Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	101
Georgia	224	56
Tennessee	220	9
North Carolina	213	115
Virginia	213	51
South Carolina	195	36
Kentucky	187	14
Alabama	184	56
Louisiana	171	15
Arkansas	167	8
West Virginia	147	1

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Dance Related Rankings by Major

Dance is one of 10 different types of Visual & Performing Arts programs to choose from.

Dance Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Dance	23

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Visual & Performing Arts	104
Music	97
Fine & Studio Arts	69
Drama & Theater Arts	52
Design & Applied Arts	30
Arts & Media Management	12
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	6

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.