From Blog Director Jill Randall:
In Spring 2016, an online conversation lead to me creating this list. I try to update it twice a year. At the moment, there are currently 47 MFA programs in United States.
Below, I go state by state with program names. The program names underlined have been highlighted on the blog; click on the links to read more. If any program has been omitted, please leave a comment below, and I will update the list. And if your MFA program does not have a post on the site, please email me at randalldanceprojects@gmail.com.
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University of Utah
Arizona
- Arizona State
- University of Arizona
California
- CalArts
- Saint Mary's College
- UCLA
- Cal State Long Beach
- Mills College
- UC Davis
- UC Irvine
- UC Riverside
- UC San Diego
Colorado
- University of Colorado
District of Columbia
- George Washington University
Florida
- Jacksonville University
- Florida State
Hawaii
- University of Hawaii
Illinois
Iowa
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
- University of Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
- Washington University in St. Louis
New Jersey
New Mexico
- University of New Mexico
New York
- Hunter College
- NYU
- Sarah Lawrence College
- SUNY Brockport
North Carolina
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Duke University (beginning in Fall 2019)
Ohio
- Case Western Reserve University
- Ohio State
Oklahoma
- University of Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- Temple University
- University of the Arts (NEW full-time and low-res)
- Wilson College
Texas
- Sam Houston University
- Texas Woman's University
- University of Texas at Austin
Utah
Vermont
- Bennington College
Virginia
- George Mason University
- Hollins University
Washington
Wisconsin
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Related links:
Multiple Perspectives: Deciding When to Begin Graduate School
Blog Series: Masters Programs (MFA and MA)
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University of New Mexico - MFA in Dance
Posted by: Ruben graciani | 05/05/2016 at 06:27 PM
In 2012 my consulting firm, Callahan Consulting for the Arts, did a study for the Mellon Foundation that addressed this question. A summary of the study is here: http://www.forthearts.org/publications/choreography-report. The full report is on the Mellon website here: https://mellon.org/media/filer_public/d8/7c/d87c5b26-bd0f-4f25-ae37-4ca7e3afd2f4/callahanconsulting_choreographictrainingfullreport_oct2014.pdf
At the time of the study, based on data from the Dance Magazine College Guide, there were 31 MFA programs. The full list is in Appendix B on pages 74-77. You may wish to compare it to your list.
Posted by: Suzanne Callahan | 05/05/2016 at 06:58 PM
Here's a better link to the overview of the study on the website of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. https://mellon.org/resources/news/articles/choreography-united-states-comparative-study-training-and-support-systems/
Posted by: Suzanne Callahan | 05/05/2016 at 07:02 PM
Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi - MFA in Dance
http://jackson.belhaven.edu/mfa-dance.htm
Posted by: Emily Wright | 05/06/2016 at 02:14 PM
University of Florida
University of Mississippi
Posted by: JK | 04/30/2017 at 01:30 PM
University of California, San Diego
http://theatre.ucsd.edu/graduate/programs/dance/index.htm
Posted by: Liam Clancy | 04/30/2017 at 07:35 PM
Hello. I just added UC San Diego to the list. My research does not show that U of Florida has an MFA in dance at the moment:
http://arts.ufl.edu/academics/theatre-and-dance/programs/
Posted by: Jill Homan Randall | 05/03/2017 at 04:48 AM