Dance
293 colleges offer Dance in the College Scorecard data. Graduates leave with an average federal debt of $44,381, from $23,847 at the lowest program to $88,467 at the highest. One year after graduating they earn $21,760 on average, from $13,426 at the lowest program to $34,080 at the highest.
Is a Dance degree worth it?
Across 60 bachelor's programs that report earnings, the median pays its graduates $21,579 a year after graduation, and the middle half pay between $18,899 and $24,165. The median for all majors is $37,050. At the median program, graduates who borrowed owe $76,973. Debt is 3.57x first-year earnings, which ranks 147th of 147 majors, where 1st carries the least debt for the pay.
These are earnings one year after graduating, for students who received federal aid. Majors that lead to graduate school, or to careers that start slowly, look worse here than they will ten years on.
Details
- Number of Offering Colleges: 293
- Average Debt on Graduation: $44,381
- Expected Earnings 1 Year After: $21,760
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Degree type: Certificate, Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, etc.
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Debt Mean
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Average federal loan debt at graduation — can be skewed by outliers, unlike the median
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Debt Median
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Median federal loan debt at graduation — the middle value, less affected by extreme outliers
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Median earnings 1 year after graduation for this major
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| London Contemporary Dance School | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of East London | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Roehampton University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Simon Fraser University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Saint Gregory's University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Marygrove College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Universidad del Sagrado Corazon | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Beloit College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Davis & Elkins College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Western Washington University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Central Washington University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Sweet Briar College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Richmond | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Randolph College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Radford University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Hollins University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Gonzaga University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Middlebury College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Marlboro College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Westminster University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bennington College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Weber State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Southern Utah University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Utah Tech University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| West Texas A & M University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Texas Tech University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The University of Texas at El Paso | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Stephen F Austin State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Southern Methodist University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Lamar University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Houston | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Middle Tennessee State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Columbia College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| College of Charleston | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Coker University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Anderson University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Roger Williams University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rhode Island College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Temple University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Swarthmore College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Seton Hill University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ursinus College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Messiah University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| La Roche University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Franklin and Marshall College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Eastern University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Drexel University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Cedar Crest College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| DeSales University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Western Oregon University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Reed College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Portland State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Oregon | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Pacific University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Oral Roberts University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Central Oklahoma | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Youngstown State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Wright State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The College of Wooster | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Wittenberg University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio University-Zanesville Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio University-Lancaster Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio University-Southern Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio University-Eastern Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Oberlin College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Kenyon College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Kent State University at Kent | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Denison University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Cleveland State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Case Western Reserve University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Baldwin Wallace University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Akron Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Salem College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Meredith College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Johnson C Smith University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| High Point University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Elon University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Duke University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Appalachian State University | Bachelor's Degree | $23,847 | No data | No data |
| SUNY College at Potsdam | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| SUNY at Fredonia | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Skidmore College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Rochester | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The New School | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Nazareth University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Marymount Manhattan College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $100,159 | No data |
| Manhattanville University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Long Island University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Hobart William Smith Colleges | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Hamilton College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| CUNY Lehman College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| CUNY Hunter College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| CUNY Graduate School and University Center | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| CUNY City College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| CUNY Brooklyn College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Cornell University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Barnard College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Adelphi University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| New Mexico State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of New Mexico-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| American Musical and Dramatic Academy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $140,223 | No data |
| Rowan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Georgian Court University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Centenary University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Keene State College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Nevada-Reno | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The University of Montana | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Webster University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Washington University in St Louis | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Stephens College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Missouri Valley College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Lindenwood University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Southern Mississippi | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| St Olaf College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Minnesota State University-Mankato | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Carleton College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Wayne State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Oakland University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Michigan-Flint | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Madonna University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Hope College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Eastern Michigan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Grand Valley State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Alma College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Springfield College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Smith College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Salem State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mount Holyoke College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| College of the Holy Cross | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Hampshire College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bridgewater State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Berklee College of Music | Bachelor's Degree | $88,467 | $91,187 | No data |
| University of Maryland-Baltimore County | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bard College at Simon's Rock | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Coppin State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bates College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Tulane University of Louisiana | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Northwestern State University of Louisiana | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Western Kentucky University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Kentucky | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Maryland-College Park | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Kansas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Friends University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Luther College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Indiana University-Bloomington | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Butler University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ball State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Anderson University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rockford University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Northwestern University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Loyola University Chicago | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Brigham Young University-Idaho | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Idaho | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Idaho State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Valdosta State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Georgia | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Emory University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Spelman College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Brenau University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Agnes Scott College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The University of Tampa | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of South Florida | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Palm Beach Atlantic University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Nova Southeastern University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Florida | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Florida State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Florida Southern College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Howard University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| George Washington University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| American University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Wesleyan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Connecticut College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Colorado Mesa University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Metropolitan State University of Denver | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Colorado Boulder | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Colorado College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Southern California | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Saint Mary's College of California | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Scripps College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| San Jose State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| San Francisco State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| San Diego State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Pomona College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Pitzer College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Northeastern University Oakland | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Loyola Marymount University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Harvey Mudd College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Dominican University of California | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Claremont McKenna College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of California-Santa Barbara | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of California-San Diego | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of California-Riverside | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of California-Berkeley | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California State University-Sacramento | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California State University-Fullerton | Bachelor's Degree | $35,431 | No data | No data |
| California State University-Fresno | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California State University-San Bernardino | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Grand Canyon University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Troy University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| SUNY at Purchase College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $83,266 | $13,426 |
| University of California-Los Angeles | Bachelor's Degree | $36,121 | No data | $14,394 |
| Utah Valley University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $14,603 |
| Belhaven University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $14,825 |
| Brigham Young University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $14,856 |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $16,577 |
| Cornish College of the Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $16,591 |
| Alabama State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $16,659 |
| University of Arizona | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $16,878 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $17,719 |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $17,778 |
| Kennesaw State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $18,088 |
| Chapman University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $65,964 | $18,093 |
| Oklahoma City University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $87,544 | $18,266 |
| Mercyhurst University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $18,707 |
| Jacksonville University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $18,963 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | Bachelor's Degree | $44,223 | No data | $19,193 |
| Point Park University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $47,900 | $19,213 |
| The University of Alabama | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $19,399 |
| University at Buffalo | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $19,653 |
| Towson University | Bachelor's Degree | $47,052 | No data | $19,803 |
| University of Utah | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $20,152 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $20,229 |
| George Mason University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $20,382 |
| Columbia College Chicago | Bachelor's Degree | $54,019 | $47,223 | $20,411 |
| Montclair State University | Bachelor's Degree | $43,176 | No data | $20,947 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $21,123 |
| University of Hartford | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $21,241 |
| University of the Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $69,499 | $21,267 |
| Dean College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $80,584 | $21,538 |
| California State University-Long Beach | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $21,620 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $21,801 |
| New York University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $21,881 |
| SUNY Brockport | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $22,152 |
| University of California-Irvine | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $22,184 |
| Winthrop University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $22,670 |
| Texas Christian University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $22,703 |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $22,767 |
| California Institute of the Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $22,773 |
| East Carolina University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $23,009 |
| Shenandoah University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $23,306 |
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $23,394 |
| Pace University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $73,362 | $23,543 |
| University of North Texas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $23,940 |
| University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $24,039 |
| Muhlenberg College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $24,541 |
| Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | $44,314 | No data | $24,553 |
| Western Michigan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $24,911 |
| Sam Houston State University | Bachelor's Degree | $28,540 | No data | $25,819 |
| Rider University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,861 |
| University of Iowa | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $26,423 |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $26,567 |
| Fordham University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $26,996 |
| The Juilliard School | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,194 |
| Goucher College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,484 |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $28,533 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion | Bachelor's Degree | $58,032 | No data | $29,454 |
| Texas Woman's University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $29,494 |
| Hofstra University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $30,958 |
| Texas State University | Bachelor's Degree | $29,350 | $23,456 | $34,080 |
| Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (The) | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Ulster | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The Pennsylvania State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Vermont | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of St Thomas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Dickinson College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bryn Mawr College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bard College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| New Jersey City University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Adrian College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Principia College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |