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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Missouri” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Dance is the 158th most popular major in the country with 3,301 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. 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 Missouri, there were 32 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,459 and $22,890 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Missouri” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in dance. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in dance.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Missouri” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Missouri”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Missouri list. University of Missouri - Kansas City is a fairly large public school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 17 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri Valley College landed the #2 spot on the list. Marshall, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s dance degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lindenwood University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Missouri. Lindenwood University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Charles, Missouri. It awarded 7 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Missouri. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s dance degrees 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Missouri list. Washington University in St Louis is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 2 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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%.
Stephens College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in Missouri ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dance students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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