Higher Education
Higher Education
More colleges than ever are gearing their programs to the needs of aspiring ballet dancers. Find the one for you in this list of 140 colleges and conservatories that offer training in ballet. We’ve provided the basic details so you can get in touch with programs that interest you for more information.
The Ailey School—Fordham University
BFA in Dance
New York, NY
212.405.9124, bfa@alvinailey.org
www.theaileyschool.edu
Degree: BFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, tap, world
University of Akron
Dance Program
Akron, OH
330.972.7948, nbs@uakron.edu
www.uakron.edu/dtaa
Degree: BA, BFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, jazz, modern, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
University of Alabama
Department of Theatre and Dance
Tuscaloosa, AL
205.348.5283
www.as.ua.edu/theatre
Degree: BA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
Alma College
Alma College
Dance Department
Alma, MI
989.463.7242, fike@alma.edu
www.alma.edu
Degree: BA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, dance history, jazz, modern, pedagogy, tap
Alonzo King's LINES Ballet Dominican University of California
Music and Performing Arts
San Rafael, CA
415.863.3040 x281
marina@linesballet.org
www.dominican.edu
Degree: BFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, modern, world
Anne Arundel Community College
Dance and Performing Arts
Arnold, MD
410.777.7021, lpfitzgerald@aacc.edu
www.aacc.edu/dance
Degree: AA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, modern, tap
The University of Arizona
School of Dance
Tucson, AZ
520.621.4698
web.cfa.arizona.edu/dance
Degree: BFA, MFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, kinesiology, modern, tap, world
The University of the Arts
School of Dance
Philadelphia, PA
1.800.616.ARTS,
admissions@uarts.edu
www.uarts.edu
Degree: BFA, certificate
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, technology, dance therapy, hip hop, jazz,
kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, world
Ball State University
Department of Theatre and Dance
Muncie, IN
765.285.8740, wjenkins@bsu.edu
www.bsu.edu/theatre
Degree: BA, BS, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, tap, world
Bard College
Dance
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
845.758.7996, dance@bard.edu
www.bard.edu
Degree: BA
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, kinesiology, modern, world
Barnard College—Columbia University
Department of Dance
New York, NY
212.854.2995, dance@barnard.edu
www.barnard.edu/dance
Degree: BA, concentration
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, tap, world
Belhaven College
Dance Department
Jackson, MS
601.965.1400, dance@belhaven.edu
www.belhaven.edu
Degree: BA, BFA, certificate,
concentration, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, pedagogy, modern, musical theater, tap, technology
Bennington College
Dance Program
Bennington, VT
800.833.6845,
admissions@bennington.edu
www.bennington.edu
Degree: BA, MA, MFA
Courses: ballet, composition, kinesiology, modern
Birmingham-Southern College
Department of Theatre and Dance
Birmingham, AL
205.226.4943, rhenry@bsc.edu
www.bsc.edu
Degree: BA, certificate, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, tap
The Boston Conservatory
Dance Division
Boston, MA
617.912.9153
www.bostonconservatory.edu
Degree: BFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, world
Brenau University
Dance Department
Gainesville, GA
770.534.6245, vgreene@brenau.edu
www.brenau.edu
Degree: BA, BFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, modern, pedagogy
Bridgewater State College
Dance Program
Bridgewater, MA
508.351.2193, nmoses@bridgew.edu
www.bridgew.edu/dance
Degree: BA, certificate, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, hip hop, jazz, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, world
The College at Brockport—State University of New York
Department of Dance
Brockport, NY
585.395.2153, dance@brockport.edu
www.brockport.edu/dance
Degree: BA, BFA, BS, MA, MFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, tap, world
University at Buffalo
Theatre & Dance
Buffalo, NY
716.645.6897,
td-theatredance@buffalo.edu
www.theatredance.buffalo.edu
Degree: BA, BFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, dance therapy, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap
Butler University
Department of Dance
Indianapolis, IN
317.940.9346, mjarvis@butler.edu
www.butler.edu/dance
Degree: BA, BFA, BS
Audition required
Courses: ballet
California Institute of the Arts
Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance
Valencia, CA
800.545.2787, admiss@calarts.edu
www.calarts.edu
Degree: BFA, certificate, MFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, technology, world
California State University, Long Beach
Department of Dance
Long Beach, CA
562.985.4747, dance@csulb.edu
www.csulb.edu/depts/dance
Degree: BA, BFA, MA, MFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, tap, world
Canada's National Ballet School
Teacher Training Program
Toronto, ON
416.964.3780, registrar@nbs-enb.ca
www.nbs-enb.ca
Degree: BFA, certificate
Audition required
Courses: ballet, pedagogy
Cedar Crest College
Dance Program
Allentown, PA
800.360.1222,
cccadmis@cedarcrest.edu
www.cedarcrest.edu
Degree: BA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
Chapman University
Department of Dance
Orange, CA
888.CU.APPLY,
dance@chapman.edu
www.chapman.edu
Degree: BA, BFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, dance therapy, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music
Dance Division
Cincinnati, OH
513.556.2700, ccadmis@uc.edu
www.ccm.uc.edu/dance
Degree: BFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy
Coker College
Dance, Music and Theater
Hartsville, SC
843.383.8067, admissions@coker.edu
www.coker.edu
Degree: BA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, jazz, modern, musical theater, tap
University of Colorado
Theatre & Dance
Boulder, CO
303.492.5037,
thtrdnce@colorado.edu
www.colorado.edu/theatredance
Degree: BA, BFA, MFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, technology, world
Columbia College
Department of Dance
Columbia, SC
803.786.3778
www.columbiacollegesc.edu
Degree: BA, certificate, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, world
Columbia College Chicago
The Dance Center
Chicago, IL
312.369.8300, csabin@colum.edu
www.colum.edu
Degree: BA, BFA, concentration, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
Connecticut College
Dance Department
New London, CT
860.439.2830, dance@conncoll.edu
dance.conncoll.edu
Degree: BA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition,dance history, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, technology, world
Cornell University
Theatre, Film, Dance
Ithaca, NY
607.254.2700, danceprogram@cornell.edu
www.arts.cornell.edu/theatrearts
Degree: BA, concentration, minor
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, hip hop, kinesiology, modern, technology
Cornish College of the Arts
Dance Department
Seattle, WA
800.726.ARTS,
admission@cornish.edu
www.cornish.edu
Degree: BFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
Dean College
School of Dance
Franklin, MA
508.541.1607, jpalladino@dean.edu
www.dean.edu
Degree: AA, BA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, hip hop, jazz, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap
Denison University
Department of Dance
Granville, OH
740.587.6712,
millerg@denison.edu
www.denison.edu/dance
Degree: BA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, kinesiology, modern, technology, world
DeSales University
Dance Program
Center Valley, PA
610.282.1100 x1663, dance@desales.edu
www.desales.edu/dance
Degree: BA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, dance therapy, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
Drexel University
Performing Arts
Philadelphia, PA
215.895.4914
www.drexel.edu
Degree: BS
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, hip hop, jazz, modern, pedagogy
Duke University
Dance Program
Durham, NC
919.660.3353, dance@duke.edu
www.duke.edu
Degree: BA, minor
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, world
East Carolina University
Theatre and Dance
Greenville, NC
252.328.6390, weeksp@ecu.edu
www.ecu.edu
Degree: BFA, certificate
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, jazz, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, world
École supérieure de ballet contemporain de Montréal
Dance School
Montreal, Quebec
514.849.4929, info@esbcm.org
www.esbcm.org
Degree: concentration
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, modern, world
Emory University
Dance Program
Atlanta, GA
404.727.7266, dance@emory.edu
www.dance.emory.edu
Degree: BA, minor
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, world
Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts
Dance Program
New York, NY
212.229.5100 x2267, langarts@newschool.edu
www.lang.newschool.edu
Degree: BA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, technology, world
Five College Dance Department
Amherst, MA
413.549.3600, fcdd@hampshire.edu
www.fivecolleges.edu
Degree: BA, BFA, MFA
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
University of Florida
Theatre and Dance
Gainesville, FL
352.273.0500, rarose@ufl.edu
www.arts.ufl.edu
Degree: BFA, certificate, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, technology, world
Florida State University
Department of Dance
Tallahassee, FL
850.645.1024,
rsandifer@fsu.edu
dance.fsu.edu
Degree: BFA, MA, MFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, technology
College at Fredonia—State University of New York
Theatre & Dance
Fredonia, NY
716.673.3596, dance@fredonia.edu
www.fredonia.edu
Degree: BFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap
George Mason University
Department of Dance
Fairfax, VA
703.993.1114,
dance@gmu.edu
dance.gmu.edu
Degree: BA, BFA, MFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, tap, world
University of Georgia
Department of Dance
Athens, GA
706.542.4415, ugadance@uga.edu
www.franklin.uga.edu
Degree: BA, BFA, certificate, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
Georgian Court University
Dance Department
Lakewood, NJ
800.458.8422 x2170,
sultzh@georgian.edu
www.georgian.edu
Degree: BA,concentration
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy
Goucher College
Dance Department
Towson, MD
410.337.6390, goucherdance@goucher.edu
www.goucher.edu/dance
Degree: BA, EdD, MA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, world
Greenfield Community College
Dance Department
Greenfield, MA
413.775.1262, arslanian@gcc.mass.edu
www.gcc.mass.edu
Degree: AA,concentration
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, dance therapy, hip hop, jazz, modern, pedagogy, tap, world
Hamilton College
Dance Department
Clinton, NY
315.859.4057, eheekin@hamilton.edu
www.hamilton.edu
Degree: BA
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, kinesiology, modern
University of Hartford
Dance Division
West Hartford, CT
860.768.2478, lesko@hartford.edu
www.hartford.edu/hartt
Degree: BFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, technology, world
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Theatre and Dance
Honolulu, HI
808.956.7622, uhmdance@hawaii.edu
www.hawaii.edu/theatre
Degree: BA, BFA, MA, MFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, world
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Dance Department
Geneva, NY
315.781.3949, whittier@hws.edu
academic.hws.edu
Degree: BA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy
Hofstra University
Drama and Dance
Hempstead, NY
516.463.5444, rachel.list@hofstra.edu
www.hofstra.edu/dance
Degree: BA, BS, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet,
composition, dance
history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy
Humboldt State University
Theatre, Film & Dance
Arcata, CA
707.826.3549, sgb14@humboldt.edu
www.humboldt.edu
Degree: BA, minor
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, dance therapy, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
Hunter College
Dance Program
New York, NY
212.772.5012, jfeinman@hunter.cuny.edu
www.hunter.cuny.edu
Degree: BA, certificate, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, hip hop, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, technology, world
University of Idaho
Center for Dance
Moscow, ID
208.885.2184, halloran@uidaho.edu
www.dance.uidaho.edu
Degree: BS, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, dance therapy, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, world
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Dance
Urbana, IL
217.333.1010,
dance@illinois.edu
www.dance.illinois.edu
Degree: BFA, MFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
Indiana University
Department of Ballet
Bloomington, IN
812.855.6787,
ballet@indiana.edu
music.indiana.edu
Degree: BS
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance therapy, modern, pedagogy, tap
University of Iowa
Department of Dance
Iowa City, IA
319.335.2228
dance.uiowa.edu
Degree: BA, BFA, MFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
James Madison University
Theatre and Dance
Harrisonburg, VA
540.568.6511, oharast@jmu.edu
www.jmu.edu/dance
Degree: BA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, world
The Juilliard School
Dance Division
New York, NY
212.799.5000,
admissions@juilliard.edu
www.juilliard.edu
Degree: BFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, modern
University of Kansas
Music and Dance
Lawrence, KS
785.864.4264, kudance@ku.edu
www.dance.ku.edu
Degree: BA, BFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, world
Kansas State University
Dance Program
Manhattan, KS
785.532.6875,
charlieg@ksu.edu
www.k-state.edu/sctd
Degree: BA, BS, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap
Kennesaw State University
Program in Dance
Kennesaw, GA
770.423.6789; ipulinka@kennesaw.edu
www.kennesaw.edu
Degree: BA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, world
Kent State University
Dance Division
Kent, OH
330.672.2069; dance@kent.edu
www.dance.kent.edu
Degree: BFA, certificate, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet,
composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy
La Roche College
Dance Department
Pittsburgh, PA
412.536.1214, holtg1@laroche.edu
www.laroche.edu
Degree: BA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, tap
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
New Media Art & Performance
Brooklyn, NY
718.488.1000 x 3031
www.brooklyn.liu.edu
Degree: MFA
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, hip hop, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
Long Island University, CW Post Campus
Theatre, Film and Dance
Brookville, NY
516.299.2353, cgargano@liu.edu
www.liu.edu
Degree: BFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, world
Loyola Marymount University
Theatre Arts and Dance
Los Angeles, CA
310.338.5233, jscalin@lmu.edu
www.lmu.edu/dance
Degree: BA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
Manhattanville College
Dance and Theatre
Purchase, NY
800-32-VILLE,
admissions@mville.edu
www.mville.edu
Degree: BA, concentration, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, tap, world
Marygrove College
Dance Department
Detroit, MI
313.927.1307, jivanov@marygrove.edu
www.marygrove.edu
Degree: BA, BFA, certificate, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, modern, kinesiology, pedagogy, tap, world
University of Maryland
Department of Dance
College Park, MD
301.405.3180, dancedept@umail.umd.edu
www.dance.umd.edu
Degree: BA, MFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, modern, tap, technology
Marymount Manhattan College
Dance Department
New York, NY
212.517.0610, dance@mmm.edu
www.mmm.edu
Degree: BA, BFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, technology
Mercyhurst College
Dance Department
Erie, PA
814.824.2202, thunter@mercyhurst.edu
dance.mercyhurst.edu
Degree: BA, concentration, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap
University of Michigan
Department of Dance
Ann Arbor, MI
734.764.0593
www.dance.umich.edu
Degree: BFA, MFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, modern, technology, world
Mills College
Dance Department
Oakland, CA
510.430.2175
www.mills.edu
Degree: BA, MA, MFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, dance therapy, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
University of Missouri–Kansas City
Music and Dance
Kansas City, MO
816.235.2900,
cadmissions@umkc.edu
www.umkc.edu
Degree: BFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, tap, technology, world
Muhlenberg College
Theatre and Dance
Allentown, PA
484.664.3335
www.muhlenberg.edu
Degree: BA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, world
University of New Mexico
Theatre and Dance
Albuquerque, NM
505.277.3660, dance@unm.edu
dance.unm.edu
Degree: BA, MA, MFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
New Mexico State University
Human Performance, Dance, and Recreation
Las Cruces, NM
505.646.2070,
deknapp@nmsu.edu
education.nmsu.edu
Degree: BA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, jazz, modern, pedagogy, tap, world
New World School of the Arts
Dance Division
Miami, FL
305.237.3341, dlewis@mdc.edu
www.mdc.edu/nwsa
Degree: AA, BFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, tap, world
New York University—Tisch School of the Arts
Department of Dance
New York, NY
212.998.1980, www.nyu.edu/tisch
Degree: BFA, MFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, modern, dance history, kinesiology
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Department of Dance
Charlotte, NC
704.687.0224,
shermoor@uncc.edu
www.uncc.edu
Degree: BA, certificate, MA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, modern, pedagogy, tap, world
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Department of Dance
Greensboro, NC
336.334.5570, dance@uncg.edu
www.uncg.edu/dce
Degree: BA, BFA, MA, MFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, modern, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
School of Dance
Winston–Salem, NC
336.770.3208, briggb@ncarts.edu
www.ncarts.edu
Degree: BFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, modern
Northwestern University
Dance Program
Evanston, IL
847.491.3147, nu-dance@northwestern.edu
www.northwestern.edu
Degree: BA, BS, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, world
Oakland University
Music, Theatre and Dance
Rochester, MI
248.370.2030,
mtd@oakland.edu
www.oakland.edu/mtd
Degree: BA, BFA, certificate, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, modern, pedagogy, world
Ohio State University
Department of Dance
Columbus, OH
614.292.7977, dance@osu.edu
www.dance.osu.edu
Degree: BFA, MFA, minor, PhD
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, hip hop, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, technology
Ohio University
School of Dance
Athens, OH
740.593.1826, dance@ohiou.edu
www.finearts.ohio.edu
Degree: BA, BFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, world
University of Oklahoma
School of Dance
Norman, OK
405.325.4051,
dance@ou.edu
www.ou.edu
Degree: BFA, MFA, concentration
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, jazz, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap
Oklahoma City University
Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Arts Management
Oklahoma City, OK
405.208.5322, dance@okcu.edu
www.okcu.edu
Degree: BS, MFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, musical theater, pedagogy, tap
Old Dominion University
Dance Program
Norfolk, VA
757.683.4354, mmarloff@odu.edu
www.odu.edu/al/dance
Degree: BA, certificate, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, dance therapy, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap
Oral Roberts University
Dance Department
Tulsa, OK
918.488.3856,
amcintosh@oru.edu
www.oru.edu/dance
Degree: BA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
University of Oregon
Department of Dance
Eugene, OR
541.346.3386
dance.uoregon.edu
Degree: BA, BS, MA, MFA, MS, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, kinesiology, hip hop, modern, pedagogy, tap, world
Palm Beach Atlantic University
Dance Department
West Palm Beach, FL
561.803.2428, kathleen_klein@pba.edu
www.pba.edu
Degree: BA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, hip hop, jazz, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap
Plymouth State University
Music, Theatre and Dance
Plymouth, NH
603.535.2713,
aewhitworth@plymouth.edu
www.plymouth.edu
Degree: BA, certificate, concentration, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, world
Point Park University
Department of Dance
Pittsburgh, PA
412.392.3450,
jmcgoldrick@pointpark.edu
www.pointpark.edu
Degree: BA, BFA, concentration, MFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, kinesiology, jazz, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap
Princeton University
Program in Dance
Princeton, NJ
609.258.1500, jfonseca@princeton.edu
www.princeton.edu/arts
Degree: Certificate
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, modern, world
Purchase College—State University of New York
Conservatory of Dance
Purchase, NY
914.251.6800,
dance@purchase.edu
www.purchase.edu/dance
Degree: BFA, MFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, modern
Roger Williams University
Dance and Performance Studies
Bristol, RI
401.254.3623, gshore@rwu.edu
www.rwu.edu
Degree: BA, certificate, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, world
Sam Houston State University
Dance Program
Huntsville, TX
936.294.1875, dnc_jkp@shsu.edu
www.shsu.edu/~dnc
Degree: BA, BFA, MFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition,jazz, modern, pedagogy
University of San Francisco
Performing Arts
San Francisco, CA
415.422.3888,
asdowling@usfca.edu
www.usfca.edu/vpa/pa
Degree: BA, concentration, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, hip hop, jazz, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, world
San Jose State University
Music and Dance
San Jose, CA
408.924.5043, Janie.Scott@sjsu.edu
www.music.sjsu.edu
Degree: BA, BFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, world
Santa Clara University
Theatre and Dance
Santa Clara, CA
408.554.4599, bmurray@scu.edu
www.scu.edu/theatre
Degree: BA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
Sarah Lawrence College
Dance
Bronxville, NY
914.337.0700, slcadmit@slc.edu
www.sarahlawrence.edu
Degree: BA, MFA
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, tap, world
Scripps College
Dance Department
Claremont, CA
909.607.2934,
dance@scrippscollege.edu
www.scrippscollege.edu
Degree: BA, concentration, minor
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, kinesiology, modern, world
Shenandoah University
Dance Division
Winchester, VA
800.432.2266, msobczyn@su.edu
www.su.edu
Degree: BA, BFA, certificate, MA, minor, MS
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap
Skidmore College
Dance Department
Saratoga Springs, NY
518.580.5360, dfernand@skidmore.edu
www.skidmore.niramar.com
Degree: BS, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, modern, pedagogy, tap, world
Slippery Rock University
Dance Department
Slippery Rock, PA
724.738.2036,
nora.ambrosio@sru.edu
www.sru.edu
Degree: BA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
Smith College
Department of Dance
Northampton, MA
413.585.3232, prist@smith.edu
www.smith.edu/dance
Degree: BA, MFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, tap, technology, world
Southern Methodist University
Division of Dance
Dallas, TX
214.768.2718,
smudance@smu.edu
meadows.smu.edu
Degree: BFA, MFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, jazz, modern
University of Southern Mississippi
Theatre and Dance
Hattiesburg, MS
601.266.4161, stacy.reischman@usm.edu
www.usm.edu
Degree: BFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, modern, pedagogy
University of South Florida
Theatre and Dance
Tampa, FL
813.974.3867, mmorris@arts.usf.edu
www.usf.edu
Degree: BA, BFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, world
Springfield College
Visual and Performing Arts
Springfield, MA
413.748.3158, cnazzaro@spfldcol.edu
www.spfldcol.edu
Degree: BA, minor, MS
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, dance therapy, hip hop, jazz, modern, pedagogy, tap, world
St. Mary's University of Minnesota
Theatre and Dance
Winona, MN
800.635.5987, dance@smumn.edu
www.smumn.edu/dance
Degree: minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap
St. Olaf College
Dance Department
Northfield, MN
507.786.3248, jroberts@stolaf.edu
www.stolaf.edu
Degree: BA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
Stephens College
Department of Dance
Columbia, MO
800.876.7207, apply@stephens.edu
www.stephens.edu
Degree: BFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, tap, world
University of Texas at Austin
Theatre and Dance
Austin, TX
512.471.5793, inquiry@curly.cc.utexas.edu
www.finearts.utexas.edu
Degree: BA, BFA, MFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, modern
Texas Christian University
School for Classical & Contemporary Dance
Fort Worth, TX
817.257.7615, dance@tcu.edu
www.dance.tcu.edu
Degree: BFA, certificate, MFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, technology
Texas Woman's University
Department of Dance
Denton, TX
940.898.2085, dance@twu.edu
www.twu.edu/soa/dance
Degree: BA, MA, MFA, PhD
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, tap, world
Towson University
Department of Dance
Towson, MD
410.704.2760, mdemeo@towson.edu
www.towson.edu/dance
Degree: BFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, tap, world
Trinity College
Theater and Dance
Hartford, CT
860.297.5122, pkennedy@trincoll.edu
www.trincoll.edu
Degree: BA
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, modern, world
Tulane University
Newcomb College
Dance Program
New Orleans, LA
504.314.7761, dance@tulane.edu
www.tulane.edu/~theatre
Degree: BA, BFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, modern, tap, world
University of Utah
Department of Ballet
Salt Lake City, UT
801.581.8231,
info@ballet.utah.edu
www.ballet.utah.edu
Degree: BFA, MFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, kinesiology, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
Valdosta State University
Communication Arts–Theatre Dance
Valdosta, GA
229.333.5820, enielsen@valdosta.edu
www.valdosta.edu
Degree: BFA, concentration, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap
Virginia Commonwealth University
Dance and Composition
Richmond, VA
804.828.1711, dance@vcu.edu
www.vcu.edu/arts/dance
Degree: BFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
University of Washington
Dance Program
Seattle, WA
206.543.9843, uwdance@u.washington.edu
depts.washington.edu/uwdance
Degree: BA, MFA, minor
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern
Washington University in St. Louis
Performing Arts Department
St. Louis, MO
314.935.5858, pad@artsci.wustl.edu
padarts.wustl.edu
Degree: BA, certificate, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, hip hop, jazz, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, world
Wayne State University
Maggie Allesee Department of Dance
Detroit, MI
313.577.4273, dance@wayne.edu
www.dance.wayne.edu
Degree: BFA, BS, certificate
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, technology, world
Weber State University
Department of Performing Arts
Ogden, UT
801.626.6437, jlawrence@weber.edu
weber.edu/dance
Degree: BA, BS, certificate, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
Wesleyan University
Dance Department
Middletown, CT
860.685.3488, molerud@wesleyan.edu
www.wesleyan.edu/dance
Degree: BA
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, kinesiology, modern, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
Western Michigan University
Department of Dance
Kalamazoo, MI
269.387.5830, dance_info@wmich.edu
www.wmich.edu/dance
Degree: BA, BFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, dance therapy, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
Western Oregon University
Theatre and Dance
Monmouth, OR
503.838.8243, obersts@wou.edu
www.wou.edu
Degree: AA, BA, BS, concentration, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, dance therapy, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, technology, world
West Texas A&M University
Art, Theatre and Dance
Canyon, TX
806.651.2820, etruitt@wtamu.edu
www.wtamu.edu/dance
Degree: BFA, MA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, composition, dance history, jazz, modern, pedagogy, tap
Wichita State University
Dance Program
Wichita, KS
316.978.3530, nick.johnson@wichita.edu
www.wichita.edu
Degree: BFA
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, hip hop, jazz, kinesiology, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, technology
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Dance Program
Madison, WI
608.262.1691,
uwdance@education.wisc.edu
www.dance.wisc.edu
Degree: BFA, BS, certificate, concentration, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, dance therapy, jazz, kinesiology, modern, technology, world
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Department of Dance
Milwaukee, WI
414.229.2571, danceinfo@uwm.edu
www.arts.uwm.edu/dance
Degree: BA, BFA, certificate, concentration, MFA, minor
Audition required
Courses: ballet, ballroom, composition, dance history, hip hop, jazz, modern, musical theater, pedagogy, tap, technology, world


