2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$41,700
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Therapy Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Music Therapy is the 519th most popular major in the country with 688 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the New England region, there were 37 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 37 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,317 and $23,797 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Therapy Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in music therapy. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in music therapy.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Therapy Major in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Therapy Major in the New England Region”.
Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Berklee College of Music. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Therapy Major in the New England Region list. Berklee College of Music is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 34 bachelors’s music therapy degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Berklee College of Music Music Therapy Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Anna Maria College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Therapy Major in the New England Region list. Anna Maria College is located in Paxton, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s music therapy degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Notes and References
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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