Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance

The Department of Dance offers a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance. Once admitted into the dance program, students may self-select to pursue either the B.A. or B.F.A. in a dance track. For the B.F.A. degree, the department requires 130-134 credits, including concentration credits in ballet, jazz or modern, department requirements, credits in the core curriculum, and general electives.

Integrating tradition, innovation, and artistry to move beyond labels, the Department of Dance attracts highly skilled and motivated dancers willing to engage with the world around them and advance the dance field. Our diverse and tight-knit community welcomes students into a rigorous program that embraces creativity, versatility, and technical mastery in a sustainable and stimulating environment. Together, through courageous conversations, performance opportunities, and quality scholarship, we cultivate a laboratory where dance students can maximize their talents and thrive in the rapidly changing dance world.

At Point Park, Pittsburgh's only Downtown university, you'll engage in a more active, more real, more professional education. You'll have professors who teach from their own real-world experience when you pursue a degree from among more than 100 undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs that we offer.

As one of the top programs of its kind in the nation, the conservatory combines real-world experience and rigorous training with internationally recognized master teachers, directors, producers, writers, and choreographers that will help transform your dreams into reality.