Dance, General

Liberal Arts • Visual And Performing Arts

What is it about?

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.

Numbers at a glance

121st
Popular nationwide
125
Search Rank on O's List
230
Colleges offer it
2,374
Graduates (2018-19)
Men
287
Women
2,087

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O's Insights on Dance, General

  • Major has been stable in popularity over the last 15 years.
  • 61% of graduates come from public universities.