Bachelor in Dance (Bachelor's)

At Eastern University, tuition is Tuition for the 2025-2026 academic year is $28,500 per year for full-time undergraduate students..

This programme is designed for students interested in dance as an art form and educational practice. It combines technical training in modern, ballet, and jazz dance with study of dance history and pedagogy. Students engage in performance, composition, and improvisation while developing teaching methods for diverse settings. The curriculum includes an optional internship for practical experience.

Focus areas include Modern Dance, Ballet, Jazz Dance, World Dance, Liturgical Dance, Dance Education.

The BA in Dance requires 120 credit hours, including 36 credits in dance-specific courses, 3 credits in a senior seminar, and 0 credits in a senior project. The programme includes technique, history, education, and performance courses, with an optional 2-10 credit internship.

Graduates pursue careers as dance instructors, performers, choreographers, and arts educators in schools, community centres, and performance companies.

Applicants must submit a high school transcript or equivalent. A dance audition or video submission is required for admission to the major. Additional documents include a personal statement and two letters of recommendation.

The programme totals about 120 credit hours. On-campus, full-time, four-year programme. For international students, tuition is above the median for US programmes. The institution admits about 94% of applicants.

Eastern University is based at 1300 Eagle Road in St. Davids, Pennsylvania, and brings together the College of Arts and Humanities, College of Business and Leadership, College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, College of Health and Science, Esperanza College, Templeton Honors College, and Palmer Theological Seminary and College. Its academic programs connect faith, reason, and justice across more than 160 associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and seminary offerings. Undergraduate students can select from more than 95 areas of study, including bachelor's degrees, minors, and pre-professional options.

Graduate students can choose from more than 65 areas of study, with master's, doctoral, seminary, and certification programs available through online and evening formats. Eastern also provides online undergraduate programs for working adults, alongside blended learning options and the Eastern FastPass pathway, which allows students to graduate in three years. Additional academic opportunities include the Templeton Honors College, Leadership Fellows Program, and Goode Scholars Program.

Student life includes clubs and organizations, faith and service activities, athletics, fitness facilities, and academic support through counseling, disability and access services, the Academic Resource Center, and health and wellness resources. Chapel is held weekly during the academic year. International students considering programs connected to professional licensure should be aware that requirements vary between states and may differ from Pennsylvania requirements.