2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music in the Southeast Region

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In 2021-2022, 413 people earned their degree in religious/sacred music, making the major the 603rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 225 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in religious/sacred music. That schools that top this list have a program in religious/sacred music in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music in the Southeast Region

1

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
New Orleans, Louisiana

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s religious music degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.

Full New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Religious/Sacred Music Report

2

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville, Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Southeast Region. SBTS is located in Louisville, Kentucky and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 9 doctorate’s religious music degrees to qualified students.

Full SBTS Religious/Sacred Music Report

3

Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the #3 spot on the list. Liberty University is a large school located in Lynchburg, Virginia that handed out 16 doctorate’s religious music degrees in 2021-2022.

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%.

Full Liberty University Religious/Sacred Music Report

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

• *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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