Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance / Bachelor of Arts in Dance

The tuition fee is 31,000 USD per year.

The Dance program educates students as practitioners, scholars, and artists. It provides technical training in classical ballet, modern, African Diaspora, and jazz dance, alongside coursework in choreography, production, pedagogy, and history. Students develop integrated knowledge of dance making and critically engage with its aesthetic, cultural, and historical contexts.

Focus areas include advanced ballet, modern dance, dance pedagogy, dance movement therapy (minor), pre-occupational therapy, pre-physical therapy.

Graduates are prepared for careers as creative artists, educators, scholars, arts administrators, dance teachers, writers, or business owners.

For international students, tuition is around the median for US programmes. The institution admits about 87% of applicants.

Brenau University brings together a Historic Gainesville Campus, Downtown Gainesville Campus, Gainesville East Campus, North Atlanta Campus and online study options. Its Gainesville address places the university in Gainesville, Georgia, while the Norcross location extends its reach toward the Atlanta area. Students can experience a multi-campus structure and choose a learning format that fits their goals and schedules.

More than 145 years of educating students has produced a university organized around four academic colleges: the Jacobs College of Business and Media, Carole Ann Daniel College of Education, College of Fine Arts & Humanities, and Ivester College of Health Sciences. Coursework is career-focused, with small classes and dedicated professors. The university lists a 9:1 student-to-faculty ratio, and its programs include fields such as occupational therapy, dance, education and marketing.

International students should expect a community-oriented study environment where connections with professors are part of the academic experience. Brenau also offers financial aid counseling for undergraduate and graduate students, with guidance on available assistance and college costs. Its flexible campus and online approach may be useful for students comparing in-person study in Georgia with programs that can fit different routines. The university enrolled 2,451 students and conferred 614 degrees during the 2024-2025 academic year.