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Bachelor's · Visual and Performing Arts

Dance (Bachelor's): earnings by school

77 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$28,543
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$40,844
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$24,250
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 58 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $36,515 and $48,069. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
University of Iowa IA—$60,188—
Stephen F Austin State University TX$41,482$57,593—
Muhlenberg College PA$34,496$56,503$26,000
University of South Carolina-Columbia SC—$55,274—
Texas Woman's University TX$30,220$53,072$22,171
Texas State University TX$43,011$53,057$21,302
The University of Alabama AL$27,783$51,744$26,000
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ$27,416$51,736$23,749
Chapman University CA$28,158$50,612$21,759
The Juilliard School NY$33,914$50,287$22,498
University of North Texas TX—$49,063—
Sam Houston State University TX$29,727$48,568$21,500
University of North Carolina at Charlotte NC—$48,518$19,500
Hofstra University NY—$48,086—
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN—$48,069—
Fordham University NY$25,918$47,036$27,000
California State University-Long Beach CA$26,348$46,387$16,250
University of California-Riverside CA$28,531$45,804—
Western Michigan University MI$24,646$45,108$27,000
University of North Carolina at Greensboro NC$30,655$45,084$19,500
University of California-Santa Barbara CA—$44,858—
San Francisco State University CA—$44,627—
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ$33,140$43,987$14,750
East Carolina University NC$29,863$42,785$23,250
University of Florida FL$28,954$42,624$14,697
Columbia College Chicago IL—$41,842$26,985
Anderson University IN—$41,772—
Mercyhurst University PA—$41,049$27,000
Florida State University FL$36,927$40,892—
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania PA$26,135$40,797$24,943
SUNY Brockport NY—$40,516—
University of California-Irvine CA$30,593$40,466$19,297
Pace University NY$37,158$39,716$19,500
University at Buffalo NY—$39,576—
Montclair State University NJ$23,553$39,064$26,000
New York University NY$31,663$38,571$17,953
Marymount Manhattan College NY$31,726$38,227$27,000
Minnesota State University-Mankato MN—$37,959—
Point Park University PA$28,555$37,205—
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV$35,048$36,925—
George Mason University VA$23,487$36,901—
Dean College MA$30,938$36,644$27,000
Temple University PA$25,834$36,524—
DeSales University PA—$36,515$27,000
University of California-Los Angeles CA$37,405$36,277—
Winthrop University SC$35,763——
Berklee College of Music MA$25,755$35,702$25,000
University of Southern California CA$35,350——
Loyola Marymount University CA—$35,288—
Ball State University IN—$34,518—
American Musical and Dramatic Academy NY$24,730$34,107$27,000
Oklahoma City University OK$28,513$34,105$27,000
University of Arizona AZ$26,504$34,010$23,000
University of South Florida FL—$33,269—
University of North Carolina School of the Arts NC$20,345$32,463$22,473
Belhaven University MS$23,518$32,324—
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI$32,039——
Utah Valley University UT$31,798——
Wayne State University MI$30,857——
SUNY at Purchase College NY$30,053$30,406$19,500
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee WI$33,432$29,695$24,751
California State University-Fullerton CA$29,111——
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley TX$29,083——
Adelphi University NY$28,929—$25,500
University of Missouri-Kansas City MO$25,710$28,834—
Rider University NJ$27,821—$27,000
University of Utah UT$27,057—$25,500
Kennesaw State University GA$26,911—$18,243
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK$26,179——
Indiana University-Bloomington IN$24,530——
CUNY Lehman College NY—$23,522—
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH$23,055—$26,000
Towson University MD$22,985——
Texas Christian University TX$22,011—$26,946
Brigham Young University UT$20,190—$11,000
Hope College MI$18,536——
California Institute of the Arts CA$15,190——