2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music (Income $30-$48k) in California

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 481 people earned their degree in religious/sacred music, making the major the 613th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 22 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religious/sacred music programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the religious/sacred music program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music (Income $30-$48k) in California

#1

Hope International University

Fullerton, California

#1 in overall quality

$14,916 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hope International University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Fullerton, California, and it awarded 5 masters’s religious music degrees in 2019-2020.

Hope did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hope International University are $14,916, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music (Income $30-$48k)

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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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