2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Dance

DANCE DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

Not many undergraduates decide to pursue a degree in dance. A typical subject awards 6,156 annual undergraduate degrees; last May, 2,661 students received undergrad degrees in dance, making it America's 122nd most popular discipline. 59 of those students came out of Point Park University, which proudly has the largest program in the United States, and 371 of those college students came out of schools from New York.

Handpicking the right institution for you may probably be challenging, as undergraduate degrees in dance are offered at 267 colleges nationally. 39.1% more colleges offer undergraduate degrees in dance than the average major, making it the 85th most broadly offered subject.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While last year, 92% of degrees in dance were four-year degrees; 8% were graduate degrees. Dance is the 241st most popular master's or doctor's degree in the US, with 237 degrees conferred. For context, the average subject is 11.7 times more popular among master's or doctor's students than dance.

In Total, 2,898 students received a bachelor's or higher in dance last year.

ONLINE DANCE DEGREES

None of the students who completed bachelor's degrees or postgraduate degrees in dance last spring completed their degrees via comprehensively remote programs. No American schools even have the degree fully remote. ### PARTIALLY ONLINE DANCE DEGREES

• 557 people received bachelor's degrees in dance partially online last year
• 219 colleges countrywide have bachelor's degrees in dance partially online
• 20.93% of all undergrad degree in dance are completed partially online
• 2.71% of Point Park University's​ last undergraduate class majored in dance partially online, higher than any other American school
• New Mexico is home to the most schools offering partially online undergrad degrees in dance of any state (2)
• 11.39% of all postgraduate degrees in dance are done partially online

IN-PERSON DANCE DEGREES

• Last May, 2,104 students completed a four-year degree in dance fully in-person
• Undergrad degrees in dance are available totally in-person at 48 colleges nationally
• Last spring, 2,313 students earned a bachelor's or higher in dance in-person
• 21.62% of The Juilliard School's​ last undergraduate class studied dance in-person, higher than any other institution in the country
• 209 students received in-person advanced degrees in dance last year
• The average course of study is available in-person at close to 20 institutions