Dance isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #158 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Utah to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of dance. Combined, these schools handed out 127 degrees in dance to qualified students.
The dance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Dance rankings. We derive our Best Overall Dance School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in Utah.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the dance degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Utah is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in dance. U of U is a very large public university located in the city of Salt Lake City. A Best Colleges rank of #213 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means U of U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 48 dance students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the dance program earn an average of $24,125 in their early career salary.
Any student who is interested in dance needs to take a look at Brigham Young University - Provo. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Provo. This university ranks 3rd out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were approximately 24 dance students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in dance needs to look into Utah Valley University. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were about 31 dance students who graduated with this degree at UVU in the most recent data year.
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).