When it comes to popularity, dance sits in the middle of the road, ranking #158 out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Wisconsin to determine which ones were the best for dance students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 52 degrees in dance annually.
The dance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Dance rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for dance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Best Dance Schools in Wisconsin list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of dance degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Wisconsin - Madison is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in dance. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were about 17 dance students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in dance has to take a look at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Located in the city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were about 17 dance students who graduated with this degree at UWM in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the dance program make around $25,456 for their early career.
Every student pursuing a degree in dance has to take a look at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. Located in the distant town of Stevens Point, UW - Stevens Point is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 35th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were roughly 6 dance students who graduated with this degree at UW - Stevens Point in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, dance degree recipients typically make about $20,625 in their early careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
The dance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Dance rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for dance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
