Dance Arts
Certificate of Achievement
Program Details
The Dance Arts Certificate provides students a flexible pathway for studying the field of dance as an art to meet their personal and professional goals. Students select a focus for their course within the following four categories: dance technique, dance lecture, dance theory/creative applications, and general dance/production courses. The program cultivates skills that are beneficial in nearly every aspect of life and makes connections to nearly all fields of study and research by cultivating essential skills in observation, reflection, analysis, and communication.
Dance Arts Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2025-2026. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?
Featured Careers
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Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
Master's degree, Doctoral degree
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary: 47,040
- High salary: 194,530
- Average salary: 80190
Choreographers
High school diploma/GED, Certificate after high school
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary: 33,080
- High salary: 94,090
- Average salary: 55600
Dancers
High school diploma/GED, No high school diploma/GED
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 0
- High salary: 0
- Average salary: 0
All Careers in Dance Arts (9)
| Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Professional degree | Stable | 101,480 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area, Ethnic, & Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Stable | 84,290 |
| Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary | Master's degree, Doctoral degree | Stable | 80,190 |
| Music Directors & Composers | Master's degree, Bachelor's degree | Stable | 63,670 |
| Choreographers | High school diploma/GED, Certificate after high school | Stable | 55,600 |
| Self-Enrichment Teachers | Master's degree, Certificate after high school | Stable | 45,590 |
| Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Stable | 44,930 |
| Dancers | High school diploma/GED, No high school diploma/GED | Rising | |
| Actors | No high school diploma/GED, Bachelor's degree | Stable |
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