by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Sacred Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 487 people earned their degree in sacred music, making the major the 273rd most popular in the United States. In , sacred music graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $30,993 and had an average of $27,649 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 37 sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,660 and $23,761 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sacred music. That schools that top this list have a program in sacred music in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The sacred music school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree sacred music students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Valley Forge. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UVF is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. It awarded 3 bachelors’s sacred music degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Nyack College landed the #2 spot on the list. Nyack is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clarks Summit University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. CSU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lancaster Bible College landed the #4 spot on the list. Lancaster Bible College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rider University landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s sacred music degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Seton Hill University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s sacred music degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
Cairn University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Langhorne, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sacred music degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.
Jewish Theological Seminary of America landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in New York, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s sacred music students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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