BA Dance at Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Programme overview

The BA in Dance is for students seeking a broad liberal arts education with a specialization in dance. Students in other Rutgers schools such as the School of Arts and Sciences or SEBS take Mason Gross dance classes while enrolled in their home school.

What you will study

Core courses in modern, ballet, jazz, somatics, improvisation, choreography, production, dance history, kinesiology, rhythm, Laban Movement Analysis and dance studies, plus electives in forms such as Street and Club dances and Latin and Hispanic dance forms.

Career pathways

Interdisciplinary arts, performance and choreography, arts administration, lighting design, stage management, teaching Pilates and yoga, dance history/scholarship, physical therapy.

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Application information

Entry requirements

No audition is required for the BA. Current Rutgers students need a 2.5 GPA and six credits of Mason Gross technique/studio classes with C or better to declare; applications are due the 1st of November, January, April and August, with decisions by the 15th of the month received. Students should declare by the second semester of sophomore year.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Fall (September) entry: first-year Early Action application due November 1, 2026 and Regular Decision due December 1, 2026 for September 2027 entry; Spring (January) entry for 2027 is open to first-year and transfer applicants to the School of Arts and Sciences, with an application due date of October 1, 2026.

New Brunswick, Fall/September 2027: first-year Early Action November 1, 2026 (decision by January 31, 2027); first-year Regular Decision December 1, 2026 (decision by February 28, 2027); all transfer applicants February 1, 2027; candidate reply date May 1, 2027. Applications after the due dates are considered on a rolling, space-available basis. Applicants must apply by December 1 to be considered for honors and merit-based scholarships.

New Brunswick, Spring/January 2027: all first-year and transfer applications due October 1, 2026; online decision December 1, 2026; candidate reply date December 7, 2026.

Applications are submitted through the Rutgers Application or the Common App. SAT and ACT scores are optional for Rutgers-New Brunswick undergraduate applicants (SAT code 2765, ACT code 2592); Rutgers maintains test-optional and test-blind policies through 2027. Application fee is paid online by credit card or by mailed check; fee waivers are accepted from the National School Lunch Program, military or veteran applicants, College Board, NACAC, ACT and EOF.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.rutgers.edu/apply

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