Dance General

A general program that prepares individuals to express ideas, feelings, and/or inner visions through the performance of one or more of the dance disciplines, including but not limited to ballet, modern, jazz, ethnic, and folk dance, and that focuses on the study and analysis of dance as a cultural phenomenon. Includes instruction in technique, choreography, Laban notation, dance history and criticism, and dance production.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 301 institutions across the United States, with a total of 9308 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

162

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

2,549

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

244

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

6,227

awards given

Top Schools for Dance General

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA	240
2	Point Park University Pittsburgh, PA	213
3	New York University New York, NY	210
4	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	137
5	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	129
6	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	123
7	SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NY	123
8	Utah Valley University Orem, UT	117
9	Dean College Franklin, MA	117
10	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	111
11	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	108
12	Berklee College of Music Boston, MA	108
13	University of Silicon Andhra Milpitas, CA	105
14	Texas Woman's University Denton, TX	105
15	Montclair State University Montclair, NJ	105
16	Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX	102
17	University of North Carolina School of the Arts Winston Salem, NC	102
18	Chapman University Orange, CA	99
19	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	99
20	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	93
21	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	91
22	Fordham University Bronx, NY	87
23	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	84
24	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	84
25	Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA	81
26	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	81
27	The Ailey School New York, NY	81
28	Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City, OK	81
29	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	78
30	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	75
31	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	75
32	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	72
33	Saint Mary's College of California Moraga, CA	69
34	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	69
35	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	69
36	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	66
37	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	63
38	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	63
39	California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA	63
40	The Juilliard School New York, NY	63
41	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	60
42	Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID	60
43	Pace University New York, NY	60
44	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	60
45	Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA	60
46	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	57
47	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	57
48	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	57
49	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	57
50	Rider University Lawrenceville, NJ	57
51	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	57
52	Towson University Towson, MD	57
53	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	57
54	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	56
55	Jacksonville University Jacksonville, FL	54
56	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	54
57	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	51
58	Marymount Manhattan College New York, NY	51
59	Bennington College Bennington, VT	48
60	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	48
61	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	48
62	Connecticut College New London, CT	48
63	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	48
64	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	45
65	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	45
66	New Jersey City University Jersey City, NJ	45
67	Columbia College Chicago Chicago, IL	45
68	Shenandoah University Winchester, VA	45
69	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	42
70	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	42
71	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	42
72	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA	42
73	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	42
74	Ball State University Muncie, IN	42
75	CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY	42
76	Butler University Indianapolis, IN	42
77	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	39
78	DeSales University Center Valley, PA	39
79	Alabama State University Montgomery, AL	39
80	Belhaven University Jackson, MS	39
81	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	39
82	University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, OK	39
83	SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia, NY	39
84	Adelphi University Garden City, NY	39
85	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI	39
86	Dominican University of California San Rafael, CA	39
87	Mercyhurst University Erie, PA	36
88	Hope College Holland, MI	36
89	Hollins University Roanoke, VA	36
90	Tyler Junior College Tyler, TX	36
91	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	36
92	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI	36
93	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	36
94	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	36
95	University of Houston Houston, TX	33
96	Nazareth University Rochester, NY	33
97	Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	33
98	Brenau University Gainesville, GA	33
99	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	33
100	Troy University Troy, AL	33