With regard to academics, we found the BFA programs to differ a lot in their attitude to double majors, for example Oklahoma and Utah were very encouraging, Indiana and Chapman not so much. But it was very hard to figure that out beforehand, and in several cases we didn’t really get a good sense of the dance department’s attitude to doing more than just the BFA until the auditions and accompanying Q&A. I would ask beforehand about double majors, but don’t be surprised if the statements at the audition don’t exactly match up. Chapman was a good example, my sense was only a few specific double majors like teaching were common.
One college did warn everyone during their Q&A that the biggest academic challenge they face is that all students have to pass a math course equivalent to High School Algebra II in order to graduate (indicating that quite a few dancers fail to do that first time). So there is clearly a wide range of academic ability/interest within the program.