List of Dance Schools in the USA

Search-Danceschools.com is a comprehensive directory of Dance Schools and Dance Colleges in North America (USA and Canada). We provide American students with alphabetical and regional listings of specialized Schools of Dance and other majors within Dance as a field of study. For easy comparison of Dance schools, each school provides the interested US student with the option to order free catalogs and brochures.

Listing of all Dance Schools by Relevance

Following is a comprehensive list of Dance Schools in the USA and Canada. You can narrow down this list by choosing your desired US State / Canadian Territory in which you want to study Dance. Also, you can choose among various Dance majors so that you just see the Dance Schools that meet your needs. You can order free catalogs and brochures from each Dance School you find interesting - it is free and will help you to determine the school that is right for you!

The American Musical and Dramatic Academy - Los Angeles

Talented students from across the country and around the world choose AMDA because of its challenging, performance-based curriculum. They come to train with a premier faculty comprising accomplished actors, directors, choreographers, dancers and desi...

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The American Musical and Dramatic Academy - New York

Queens College

Queens College is the place for you to engage the world of ideas, prepare for your career, and enjoy the many events and activities the campus has to offer. And with the recent opening of The Summit—the college's first residence hall—Queens College i...

University of California, Claire Trevor School of Arts - Irvine

Founded in 1965, the University of California, Irvine combines the strengths of a major research university with the bounty of an incomparable Southern California location. With a commitment to cutting-edge research, teaching, learning and creativity...

Arizona State University

ASU has a vision to be a New American University, promoting excellence in its research and among its students and faculty, increasing access to its educational resources and working with communities to positively impact social and economic developmen...

Bennington College

The principle of learning by practice underlies every major feature of a Bennington education: the master-apprentice model of teaching and learning; the requirement that students direct the course of their own education; the winter Field Work Term, w...

California State University - Long Beach

California State University Long Beach is a diverse, student-centered, globally-engaged public university committed to providing highly-valued undergraduate and graduate educational opportunities through superior teaching, research, creative activity...

Case Western Reserve University

Ranking 41st in the country among national universities, Case Western Reserve University offers unlimited opportunities for motivated students. Our faculty balance challenge and support to help you flourish, and our partnerships with world-class cult...

Hollins University

Since 1842, Hollins University has been a leader in liberal arts education for women. The value of a single-sex, liberal arts education is demonstrated by the wide range of careers that Hollins graduates successfully enter....

Naropa University

Inspired by the rich intellectual and experiential traditions of East and West, Naropa University is North America's leading institution of contemplative education....

Oklahoma City University, Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Arts Management

Oklahoma City University embraces the United Methodist tradition of scholarship and service and welcomes all faiths in a culturally rich community that is dedicated to student welfare and success. Men and women pursue academic excellence through a ri...

Sam Houston State University, College of Arts and Sciences

Combine the ease of living in a small city with the benefits of nearby Houston's sports, entertainment, and job opportunities. SHSU is actually closer to Bush Intercontinental Airport than many areas of the Houston metroplex and I- 45 provides direct...

Sarah Lawrence College

Sarah Lawrence is a coeducational liberal arts college, offering undergraduate as well as graduate degrees. Located just north of New York City on a wooded campus, the College is nationally renowned for its rigorous academic and creative standards. T...

Teachers College, Columbia University

Teachers College, Columbia University is an institution with a rich and distinguished record in the field of education. Decade after decade, since its founding in 1887, the College has anticipated concerns and acted with initiatives to advance educa...

Antioch University - New England

Antioch is a six-campus university located in four states. Each campus has its own distinct academic programs, community life, and regional or national identity. Together we have developed a new Ph.D. program and a growing number of on-line courses. ...

Temple University Graduate School, Boyer College of Music and Dance

The Boyer College offers a wide array of degree programs in music and dance. With conservatory level training, diverse curriculums, extraordinary performing opportunities, and the cultural resources of Philadelphia, our students enjoy myriad opportun...

California Institute of the Arts

The nation's first art institute to offer BFAs and MFAs in both the visual and performing arts, CalArts is dedicated to training and nurturing the next generation of professional artists, fostering brilliance and innovation within the broadest contex...

University of Colorado at Boulder, College of Arts and Sciences

The University of Colorado at Boulder is an exceptional place, offering a rich tradition of excellence, nationally recognized academics, outstanding faculty, and a multitude of unique learning opportunities....

University of Memphis, College of Communication and Fine Arts

The University of Memphis is a learner-centered metropolitan research university providing high quality educational experiences while pursuing new knowledge through research, artistic expression, and interdisciplinary and engaged scholarship....

University of New Mexico, College of Fine Arts

Founded in 1889, The University of New Mexico now occupies 600 acres along old Route 66 in the heart of Albuquerque , a city of more than 700,000 people. From the magnificent mesas to the west, past the banks of the historic Rio Grande to the Sandia ...

University of Utah, College of Fine Arts

“I never imagined it would be so beautiful” is a comment frequently heard in The Graduate School. “My professors treated me like a colleague” is another. The fact is, Utah offers graduate students far more than they expect—a program of the highest ca...

University of Texas at Austin, College of Fine Arts

Welcome to The University of Texas at Austin, the largest institution of The University of Texas System. The University of Texas at Austin is a major research university home to more than 48,000 students, 2,700 faculty and 19,000 staff members. ...

Florida State University, College of Visual Arts, Theater and Dance

One of the nation's elite research universities, Florida State University offers a distinctive academic environment built on its cherished values and unique heritage, welcoming campus, championship athletics and prime location in the heart of the sta...

University of Missouri, Conservatory of Music and Dance - Kansas City

Welcome to the UMKC Web site. You will find UMKC is a university on the move. We connect education with a dynamic city and its people, and we connect research with real societal issues. There is so much going on here: nationally recognized academic ...

George Mason University

George Mason University, located in the heart of Northern Virginia’s technology corridor near Washington, D.C., is an innovative, entrepreneurial institution with national distinction in a range of academic fields. With strong undergraduate and gradu...

University of Oklahoma, Graduate College

The University of Oklahoma is truly an extraordinary institution, known for its academic excellence and strong sense of community. Attracting top students from across the nation and more than 100 countries around the world, OU provides a major univer...

Drexel University, Hahnemann Creative Arts in Therapy Programs

Drexel University was founded in 1891 as the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry by Philadelphia financier and philanthropist Anthony J. Drexel to provide educational opportunities in the "practical arts and sciences" for women and men of a...

Southern Methodist University, Meadows School of the Arts

A private university of 11,000 students near the center of Dallas, SMU offers strong undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools — in the humanities and sciences; business; the performing, visual, and communication arts; ...

Mills College

Mills is an independent liberal arts college for women with graduate programs for women and men. The College educates students to think critically and communicate responsibly and effectively, to accept the challenges of their creative visions, and to...

Ohio State University

One of Ohio’s greatest assets, The Ohio State University is a world-class public research university and the leading comprehensive teaching and research institution in the state. Ohio State provides a distinctive educational experience for students a...

York University, School of Administrative Studies

York University is a dynamic, interdisciplinary academic community of researchers, teachers, graduate and undergraduate students from over 155 countries....

Pratt Institute, School of Art and Design

The mission of Pratt Institute is to educate artists and creative professionals to be responsible contributors to society. Pratt seeks to instill in all graduates aesthetic judgment, professional knowledge, collaborative skills, and technical expert...

University of Arizona, School of Dance

The University of Arizona is the leading public research university in the American Southwest. The UA produces more than $530 million in annual research and is the state's only member of the prestigious Association of American Universities. This is a...

University of Montana, School of Fine Arts

The University of Montana was founded in 1893 in the burgeoning pioneer town of Missoula, less than 90 years after Lewis and Clark and their Corps of Discovery explored the area. Since then, the University has nurtured a tradition of cultural and sci...

University of North Carolina at Greensboro, School of Health and Human Performance

As a public institution more than a century old, UNCG has assumed its place among top-tier universities in North Carolina. Known for groundbreaking research, community service, caring faculty, and high-quality education, the University equips student...

University of Michigan, School of Music

Internationally renowned for research and education, the University of Michigan offers a wide variety of degree programs for undergraduate and graduate students. Students experience the "Michigan Difference" and our strong tradition of excellence in ...

University of California, School of the Arts and Architecture - Los Angeles

UCLA - the University of California, Los Angeles - is a public research university and a member of the Association of American Universities...

Shenandoah University

Finding the right place to continue your education can be a challenge, especially with so many choices available today. Shenandoah University, offers more than 125 years of experience, combined with forward-thinking faculty and cutting-edge technolo...

Smith College

Since its founding in 1871, Smith College has provided women of high ability and promise an education of uncompromising quality. A world-class faculty of scholars are fully engaged with their students’ intellectual development, and an open curriculum...

State University of New York College at Brockport

The College at Brockport is a true learning community in which students, faculty and staff all contribute to and celebrate the success of others. Every student is recognized as a dynamic, multi-dimensional individual rich with promise. Through the ma...

New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

Some 175 years ago, Albert Gallatin, the distinguished statesman who served as secretary of the treasury under President Thomas Jefferson, declared his intention to establish "in this immense and fast-growing city...a system of rational and practical...

Texas Woman's University - Denton

Texas Woman’s University occupies a notable position in higher education as the nation’s largest university primarily for women. Its four campuses in Denton, Dallas and Houston are joined by a fifth “e-Learning” campus offering innovative online degr...

Columbia College, The Graduate School

With more than 120 academic programs and nearly 11,000 students, Columbia College Chicago is the largest and most diverse private arts and media college in the nation. Because of our size, we can offer an unparalleled array of courses with exceptiona...

University of Iowa, The University of Iowa College of Engineering

The University of Iowa is a major national research university located on a 1,900-acre campus in Iowa City in southeast Iowa, on the Iowa River near the intersection of U.S. Interstate Highways 80 and 380. Iowa is composed of 11 colleges, the largest...

New York University, Tisch School of the Arts

University of North Texas, Toulouse School of Graduate Studies

UNT stands as the most comprehensive university in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. It has been named one of America’s 100 Best College Buys® for 12 consecutive years....

University of California - Riverside

The University of California, Riverside is one of 10 universities within the prestigious University of California system, and the only UC located in Inland Southern California. Widely recognized as one of the most ethnically diverse research univers...

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University of California - Irvine

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Founded in 1907, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is the flagship campus of the University of Hawaiʻi System. A destination of choice, students and faculty come from across the nation and the world to take advantage of our unique res...

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Illinois is a world leader in research, teaching, and public engagement, distinguished by the breadth of its programs, broad academic excellence, and internationally renowned faculty. Illinois alumni have earned Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes and Olympic ...

University of Maryland

The University of Maryland, College Park is a public research university, the flagship campus of the University System of Maryland, and the original 1862 land-grant institution in the State. It is one of only 62 members of the Association of American...

University of Utah

University of Washington

Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest state-supported institutions of higher education on the West Coast and is one of the preeminent research universities in the world....

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

The mission of this system is to develop human resources, to discover and disseminate knowledge, to extend knowledge and its application beyond the boundaries of its campuses, and to serve and stimulate society by developing in students heightened in...

Brown University

By crafting your own curriculum with the guidance and assistance of your advisors and teachers, you will be challenged to define liberal education for yourself. You will be encouraged to explore widely across the disciplines. In doing so you will lea...

Prescott College, Liberal Arts and the Environment

Prescott College is an independent, liberal arts college offering bachelor's and master's degrees, as well as teacher certification. Our educational programs reflect the College's commitment to the environment and social justice....

Interlochen Arts Camp

The world's premier summer arts program for aspiring artists grades 3 through 12, Interlochen Arts Camp attracts students, faculty and staff from all 50 U.S. states and more than 40 countries. The world's best and brightest students train intensively...

Scottsdale Community College

Scottsdale Community College, a public two-year accredited community college, is one of ten colleges in the Maricopa County Community College District, the nation's largest community college system. The city of Scottsdale is located next to Phoenix, ...

Monterey Peninsula College

MPC is a medium-sized California community college located in a small city 100 miles South of San Francisco. MPC students receive priority consideration for transfer admission to the 10 University of California (UC) and 23 California State University...

Glendale Community College - International Student Program

Established in 1927, Glendale Community College is a public, two-year community/junior college within the State of California system. The College is fully accredited by the U.S. regional body, WASC: Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Glenda...

Orange Coast College

Orange Coast College (OCC) is a two-year community college located just a few minutes from the beautiful Southern California beaches, 40 miles south of Los Angeles, and a short drive away from Disneyland and other attractions. OCC is one of the fines...

Santa Ana College and Santiago Canyon College

Located in the heart of sunny southern California, Santa Ana College and Santiago Canyon College welcome students from all over the world to beautiful, safe campuses with culturally diverse populations, and easy access to the many natural and cultura...

Long Beach City College

Long Beach City College was founded in 1927 and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Helping you achieve success in both your academic and personal life is our primary goal. Your classroom success is supported by our stat...

Citrus College

Founded in 1915, Citrus College is a public, coeducational, two-year college. It is the oldest community college in Los Angeles County and the fifth oldest in California. Citrus College enjoys the reputation of a small, friendly college with a studen...

Santa Monica College

Founded in 1929, SMC is a California State public institution regionally accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). Recognized as one of the best Community Colleges in California and the nation, SMC provides the first two y...

Palomar College

Palomar College is an educational leader committed to quality learning. We provide our community the knowledge, information, skills, and aesthetic appreciation necessary to live responsibly, effectively, and creatively in an interdependent and changi...

Golden West College

Located in the coastal community of Huntington Beach, in Southern California, Golden West College is part of the California Community College system and was founded in 1965. On 120 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds, GWC serves 13,000 students a...

El Camino College

El Camino Language Academy (ECLA) is located on the campus of El Camino College - one of the most prestigious two-year community colleges in the United States. The Language Academy is an academic based program that will provide you with the skills to...

Fullerton College

At Fullerton College's International Student Center (ISC), you will always find a smile and friendly face. Welcoming over 300 students from more than 60 countries, the ISC provides personal attention in order to help students feel a part of the campu...

MiraCosta College

Come study at one of the most beautiful campuses in California! MiraCosta is a public, fully-accredited community college located minutes from the beach. Students can earn Associate degrees and professional certificates in more than 50 academic subje...

Cerritos College

The International Student Center welcomes you to attend Cerritos College. Cerritos College is a public two-year California educational institution accredited by the Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools an...

Santa Rosa Junior College

Santa Rosa Junior College is a two-year community college, founded in 1918. Located approximately one hour north of San Francisco in Northern California's beautiful wine country, SRJC is regarded as one of the nation's premier two-year colleges, offe...

Cypress College

Cypress College, founded in 1966, provides a quality higher education to more than 16,000 students of diverse backgrounds each semester. The college serves the Orange County cities of Anaheim, Buena Park, Cypress, Garden Grove, La Palma, Los Alamitos...

Darton College

Darton College in Albany, Georgia, is a two-year college of the University System of Georgia offering Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, and Associate of Applied Science degrees, and one-year certificate programs. The modern classrooms and labs...

Lane Community College

Lane Community College offers a quality education, and tuition costs are much lower than at Oregon's four-year universities. * Lane is a two-year public college offering a full range of classes * It is accredited by the Northwest Associatio...

Bergen Community College

Bergen Community College offers challenging programs and enriching experiences that help set the foundation for a successful future. The College provides opportunities for personal and intellectual growth that prepares students for further educationa...

Cabrillo College

Cabrillo College is located on the scenic central coast of California in Santa Cruz County. Founded in 1959, Cabrillo College is a fully accredited community college and offers international students the opportunity to: * complete courses for th...

College of Lake County

College of Lake County is a public, 2 year community college fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association. College of Lake County is located 72 kilometers from Chicago, the third largest city in ...

Lake Tahoe Community College

LTCC's campus, first built in 1988, is set amid 164 acres of forest near the lake. The college offers state of the art "smart" technology in classrooms, approximately 200 computers are available to students, including two PC labs, one Mac lab, an int...

Phoenix College

Phoenix College is a comprehensive and regionally accredited community college, offering smaller more personalized class sizes and innovative learning options such as on-line learning, hybrid classes combining both on-line and classroom instruction, ...

Western Wyoming Community College

Western Wyoming Community College (WWCC) is an accredited, public college in Rock Springs, Wyoming, the least populated (but ninth largest in size) state in the U.S. Located in the Rocky Mountains on a high desert plateau overlooking southwestern Wyo...

California State University Long Beach

California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is ranked among the top three public master's universities in the western United States. This is the second year in a row that CSULB was recognized for its outstanding academic achievements by U.S. News...

University of Hartford

* Ideal Location - The University of Hartford is situated on a secure 320-acre campus in West Hartford, Connecticut 7km west of the Capital City of Hartford, Connecticut. As a student at the University of Hartford you will be within a 2-hour driv...

State University of New York at Buffalo

A major public research university in the northeastern United States, the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY-Buffalo), or University at Buffalo (UB), offers an outstanding education at an affordable price. Founded in 1846, UB offers the br...

Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus

With its academic excellence and caring faculty, C.W. Post offers more than 200 bachelor's and master's degree programs, including computer science, business, photography and art. Our classes are small and you will receive personal attention from pro...

Linfield College

* 4 year, private, co-educational liberal arts and sciences institution. * More than 1,700 enrolled students from 30 states and 21 foreign countries. * 72% of all classes have fewer than 22 students. * Established in 1858, Linfield...

University of Houston, Language and Culture Center

The Language and Culture Center is located on the campus of the University of Houston, five miles south of downtown Houston. The campus is 548 acres in size and includes parks, fountains, plazas, sculptures, and recreational fields in addition to mod...

University of Utah, International Center

"It has been an awesome experience" is a comment from a recent University of Utah graduate. This student, like others, found here not only a great education, but also a wonderfully friendly, diverse campus, involved teachers and great support servic...

Radford University

Radford University was founded in 1910 and is a comprehensive, residential university committed to individualized instruction in medium-sized classes offering high academic standards and excellence in teaching. The University has six undergraduate co...

Central Michigan University

Central Michigan University (CMU), founded in 1892, is accredited and nationally recognized for academic excellence. CMU is a Doctoral Research university of about 28,000 students, including over 20,000 on the main campus. Dedicated faculty mentors ...

Hope College

Hope College is a private, residential, liberal arts college of approximately 3100 students, located in Holland, Michigan. Hope provides a distinctive blend of exceptional academic opportunities and caring faculty in a Christian atmosphere emphasizin...

Roger Williams University

Roger Williams University is a leading independent, coeducational liberal arts university ranked among the top 10 comprehensive colleges in the northern U.S. by U.S. News & World Report. Located on 140 acres on the northeast coast of the United State...

Los Angeles Pierce College

Pierce College is one of nine campuses of the Los Angeles Community College District. As a community college, Pierce is part of the post-secondary level of education in the United States. The college is fully accredited by the Western Association of ...