Lehman College Dance (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Dance
- Public college
- Bronx, NY
- About 14 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Lehman College dance graduates earn more than graduates of most dance programs nationally, $27,843 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $11,994 in federal loans, less than at 98% of dance programs in the country. It is one of the higher-paying dance degrees in New York.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The New York and national columns are the medians across all dance bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Debt and first-year pay at every New York dance program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the New York medians.
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Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $127 a month, or 5.5% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
96% of graduates (27 of 28) were working in New York one year after graduating. Prices in the New York area are about 13% above the national average, so a $27,843 salary here buys what about $24,735 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to dance, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Choreographers
$173,100Median pay in New York. 340 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 3% from 2025 to 2035, with about 600 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
About Lehman College
Dance ranks 28th of 30 bachelor's programs at Lehman College by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($101,531), Computer Science ($59,516), and Information Science ($50,133).
Other dance bachelor's programs near Bronx
Common questions
The median graduate earns $27,843 one year after graduating. The median across dance bachelor's programs in New York is $19,614.
The median federal loan balance is $11,994, which ranks the lowest of 8 dance bachelor's programs in New York. That works out to about $127 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 43% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 116%.
Most do. 96% (27 of 28) were working in New York one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New York comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the dance program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024