2021 Best Dance Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Pennsylvania
2Colleges
251Bachelor's Degrees
$33,321Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Dance Schools for Non-Traditional Students
With 251 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, dance is the #74 most popular major in Pennsylvania. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 9.3% of all the dance bachelor's degrees in the country.
For this year's Best Dance Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Pennsylvania ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a bachelor's 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.
As a non-traditional student, you have a lot to consider when it comes to choosing an education. That's why we've developed rankings specifically for you. Check out more major-related rankings here..
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2021 Best Dance Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Pennsylvania
Check out the dance programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Temple University tops the 2021 list of our schools in Pennsylvania that are best for non-traditional dance students. Temple is a very large public school located in the city of Philadelphia. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Temple has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Dance in Pennsylvania ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. Approximately 20,264 students take at least one class online at Temple. 4,634 of Temple students are attending part time.
Point Park University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Point Park is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. Point Park also made our Best Colleges for Dance in Pennsylvania list, coming in at #3.
The student loan default rate at Point Park is lower than is typical, just 1.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 974 students take at least one class online at Point Park. About 1,015 of the students at Point Park are attending part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Dance
One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Dance has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 2 schools only.
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 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).
With 251 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, dance is the #74 most popular major in Pennsylvania. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 9.3% of all the dance bachelor's degrees in the country.
