Bachelor in Dance (Bachelor's)

Tuition is Tuition for the 2024–2025 academic year is $58,500 per year..

Students in the dance programme train in ballet, modern, and contemporary techniques through daily technique classes and performance rehearsals. They work directly with leading choreographers and perform in both new and established repertory productions. The programme emphasizes technical mastery, artistic development, and exposure to choreographic practices. Located at Lincoln Center in New York City, the programme integrates professional performance opportunities into daily training.

The programme requires 120 credits over four years, distributed across technique classes, performance, choreography, and liberal arts coursework. Students complete a full course load each semester with structured credit distribution across disciplines.

Graduates pursue careers as professional dancers, choreographers, and performers in theatre, dance companies, and independent productions.

Applicants must submit an audition, academic transcripts, and a personal statement. A minimum GPA of 3.0 is required for undergraduate applicants. Additional materials include letters of recommendation and a portfolio of performance work.

The programme totals about 120 credit hours. On-campus, full-time, four-year programme. For international students, tuition is well above the median for US programmes. The institution admits about 9% of applicants.

Performance sits at the center of The Juilliard School's academic work. Its programs span dance, drama, and music, with acting available within drama and vocal arts offered within music. Music students can study instruments including piano, strings, woodwinds, brass, guitar, harp, organ, and percussion. Additional areas include collaborative piano, composition, conducting, jazz studies, historical performance, and the Doctor of Musical Arts. The Artist Diploma in Opera Studies provides another advanced music pathway.

Juilliard connects study with public performance through its performances program and annual season. Dance, drama, music, and creative enterprise appear across its on-stage and related programming. The school also supports artistic development through alumni activities, K-12 education, summer programs, and Juilliard Extension certificates in core musical skills, music composition, and music production. Juilliard Jazz marks 25 years, providing a specific point of continuity within the school's music activities.

Located in New York City, Juilliard offers campus-life information covering living in the city, student affairs, well-being, academic support, disability services, public safety, and orientation for new students and families. International students have dedicated information within admissions and campus life. Prospective students can also review tuition, financial aid, scholarships, loans, student accounts, and work-study resources. The College Catalog, academic calendar, liberal arts information, faculty directory, library, and archives provide further context for planning study and understanding the wider school community.