2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance in the Southeast Region
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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 Southeast region, there were 544 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,053 and $22,637 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree dance students.
Top 8 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hollins University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Roanoke, Virginia, and it awarded 9 masters’s dance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Hollins University Dance Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Jacksonville University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Jacksonville, Florida, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s dance students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
Full Jacksonville University Dance Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Belhaven University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Jackson, Mississippi, and it awarded 17 masters’s dance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region. Duke University is located in Durham, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 masters’s dance degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s dance students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Dance at UNC Greensboro
Florida State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Florida State University is a large public school situated in Tallahassee, Florida. It awarded 10 masters’s dance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Florida State University Dance Report
Tulane University of Louisiana did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Tulane University of Louisiana is a fairly large school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 7 masters’s dance degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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With a ranking of #8, The University of Alabama did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dance Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and it awarded 39 masters’s dance degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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