2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Great Lakes Region
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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 Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Great Lakes region, there were 67 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,182 and $43,142 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 9 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
Top 9 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lincoln Christian University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Lincoln, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religious music degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Lincoln Christian University Religious/Sacred Music Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Maranatha Baptist University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Great Lakes Region. Maranatha Baptist University is located in Watertown, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s religious music degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Religious/Sacred Music at Maranatha Baptist University
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Notre Dame landed the #3 spot on the list. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Notre Dame, Indiana. It awarded 10 masters’s religious music degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full University of Notre Dame Religious/Sacred Music Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Capital University landed the #4 spot on the list. Capital University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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.
Read more about Religious/Sacred Music at Capital University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Andrews University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Berrien Springs, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s religious music students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
Read full report on Religious/Sacred Music at Andrews University
Concordia University, Chicago came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Concordia University, Chicago is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in River Forest, Illinois. It awarded 0 masters’s religious music degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Religious/Sacred Music at Concordia University, Chicago
With a ranking of #7, Concordia University, Wisconsin did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Concordia University, Wisconsin is located in Mequon, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 masters’s religious music degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Religious/Sacred Music at Concordia University, Wisconsin
Northwestern University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religious music degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 99%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Northwestern University Religious/Sacred Music Report
Garrett - Evangelical Theological Seminary did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #7. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religious music degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Religious/Sacred Music at Garrett - Evangelical Theological Seminary
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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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