by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 3,301 people earned their degree in dance, making the major the 158th most popular in the United States. In , dance graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $22,085 and had an average of $25,277 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 178 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $16,537 and $15,284 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 22 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,137 and $16,077 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in dance. That schools that top this list have a program in dance in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region associate degree dance students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Casper College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. This small school is located in Casper, Wyoming, and it awarded 1 associates’s dance degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Snow College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Snow College is a medium-sized school located in Ephraim, Utah that handed out 5 associates’s dance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Wyoming Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Western Wyoming Community College is a small school located in Rock Springs, Wyoming that handed out 2 associates’s dance degrees in 2021-2022.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah Valley University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Located in Orem, Utah, this large public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified associates’s dance students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Southern Idaho landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Twin Falls, Idaho, and it awarded 3 associates’s dance degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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