Iowa City,
IA,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
BA in Dance in Iowa City United States | University of Iowa
University of Iowa
|
Iowa City United States
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Qualification
Bachelor Degree
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
USD
30,754
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
48 months
A dance degree opens doors to diverse careers in the performing arts, from performance and choreography to teaching, arts administration, technical theater, and dance therapy. At Iowa, dance majors gain extensive stage experience through numerous performances. The curriculum combines specialized training in choreography, technique, anatomy, and dance history with the comprehensive liberal arts education offered to all University of Iowa students. Recognized among the nation's top 10 programs, Iowa's Dance Program maintains an exceptional reputation for its rigorous standards and longstanding commitment to teaching excellence and artistic innovation.
Renowned choreographer Alwin Nikolais once praised it as: "among the finest programs in the U.S. ... comprehensive yet professionally focused, guided by seasoned expertise." Students perform in 10-12 annual productions and regularly work alongside peers from Iowa's Music and Theatre Arts programs, contributing to operas and theater performances organized by Performing Arts at Iowa.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 6.5
Qualification Requirements
Students must meet the following requirements for admission: completion of academic upper secondary school (generally a total of 12-13 years of primary and secondary education); a corresponding secondary school diploma or leaving certificate; completion of minimum high school course requirements of the following: 4 years of English/language arts; 2 years in a single language of world languages; 3 years including courses in physical science, biology, chemistry, environmental science and physics of natural science; 3 years of social studies; 2 years of algebra; and 1 year of geometry.
English Language Requirements:
- An IELTS (International English Language Testing System) total score of 6.5, with no sub score lower than 6.0
- Internet-based test (iBT): 80 with no sub score lower than 17
- Revised TOEFL Paper-delivered Test: no sub score lower than 17
- Paper-based test (PBT): 530
- An ACT English sub score of 21
- An SAT Reading score of 29
- A Pearson Test of English (PTE) score of 53 with no sub-scores lower than 47
Tuition
USD
30,754