2021 Best Dance Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
2Colleges
410Bachelor's Degrees
$40,898Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Dance Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Dance Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in dance. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great dance programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the dance program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 for Non-Traditional Students.
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.
When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.
2021 Best Dance Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
Check out the dance programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
California State University - Long Beach tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Far Western US Region that are best for non-traditional dance students. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the city of Long Beach. CSULB not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Dance in the Far Western US Region list.
The student loan default rate at CSULB is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 24,806 students take at least one class online at CSULB. 8,046 students are part time.
Chapman University earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the midsize city of Orange, Chapman is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Chapman, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Dance in the Far Western US Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. There are approximately 185 students at Chapman that take at least one class online. 1,064 of Chapman students are attending part time.
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).
