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Best Schools for General Dance in Illinois
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the general dance degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in General Dance
No school ranked higher than University Of Illinois At Urbana Champaign this year for general dance. Located in the city of Champaign, University Of Illinois At Urbana Champaign is a very large public university. The six-year graduation rate is 85%. University Of Illinois At Urbana Champaign awarded about 15 general dance degrees in the most recent data year. General Dance graduates of University Of Illinois At Urbana Champaign earn a median of $57,461 early in their careers. Typical student debt for the program is $19,061.
See the full general dance program report for University Of Illinois At Urbana Champaign
Students looking for a strong general dance program will find one at Columbia College Chicago, which ranked #2. Columbia College Chicago is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago. About 52% of students finish within six years. Columbia College Chicago awarded about 20 general dance degrees in the most recent data year. Students who receive their general dance degree from Columbia College Chicago earn around $29,160 in the first couple years of their career. Students borrow a median of $27,000 to complete this degree.
Read more about the general dance program at Columbia College Chicago
Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 7 schools evaluated.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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