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 8 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for dance students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 262 degrees in dance annually.
Your choice of dance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Dance Schools in Texas list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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.
Any student pursuing a degree in dance has to take a look at Southern Methodist University. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Dallas. A Best Colleges rank of #142 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means SMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 14 dance students who graduated with this degree at SMU in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat The University of Texas at Austin if you want to pursue a degree in dance. UT Austin is a very large public university located in the city of Austin. A Best Colleges rank of #46 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were about 21 dance students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent data year.
Texas Christian University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in dance. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Fort Worth. A Best Colleges rank of #112 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means TCU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 16 dance students who graduated with this degree at TCU in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Texas State University if you want to pursue a degree in dance. Texas State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of San Marcos. This university ranks 16th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 41 dance students who graduated with this degree at Texas State in the most recent data year. Dance degree recipients from Texas State University earn a boost of about $15,285 above the typical earnings of dance graduates.
Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #161 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Texas Tech is a great university overall.
There were roughly 9 dance students who graduated with this degree at Texas Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
TWU is a large public university located in the city of Denton. This university ranks 24th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 36 dance students who graduated with this degree at TWU in the most recent data year. Those dance students who get their degree from Texas Woman's University earn $5,952 more than the average dance graduate.
SHSU is a fairly large public university located in the town of Huntsville. This university ranks 18th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 33 dance students who graduated with this degree at SHSU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the dance program make around $19,202 in their early career salary.
UH is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Houston. This university ranks 14th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 7 dance students who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of dance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
