2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region
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Music Education is the 151st most popular major in the country with 4,909 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 389 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,912 and $102,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in music education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in music education.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music Education in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region list. UNT is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s music teacher education degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of North Texas Music Education Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region. University of Oklahoma is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 1 doctorate’s music teacher education degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Music Education at University of Oklahoma
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #3 spot on the list. UT Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 1 doctorate’s music teacher education degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full The University of Texas at Austin Music Education Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas Tech University is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 11 doctorate’s music teacher education degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Texas Tech Music Education Report
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References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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