2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Music in the New England Region
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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 an Associate Highly Focused on General Music Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 11,168 people earned their degree in general music, making the major the 73rd most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 631 general music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 24 general music graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,012 and $13,730 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Music Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in general music. That schools that top this list have a program in general music in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Music Major in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree general music students.
Top 8 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Music in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Holyoke Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Music Major in the New England Region list. Holyoke Community College is a small public school situated in Holyoke, Massachusetts. It awarded 5 associates’s general music degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 Holyoke Community College General Music Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Music Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bunker Hill Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. BHCC is a medium-sized public school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 9 associates’s general music degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Music at BHCC
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Manchester Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Music Major in the New England Region. MCC is located in Manchester, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 associates’s general music degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Music at Manchester Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Quinsigamond Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Music Major in the New England Region list. Worcester, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s general music degrees to 2 students 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%.
Read more about General Music at Quinsigamond Community College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Augusta. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Music Major in the New England Region. Augusta, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s general music degrees to 9 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%.
Read more about General Music at UMA
Community College of Rhode Island landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Music Major in the New England Region ranking. Community College of Rhode Island is a fairly large school located in Warwick, Rhode Island that handed out 4 associates’s general music degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full CCRI General Music Report
Roxbury Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Music Major in the New England Region list. Roxbury Community College is located in Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s general music degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on General Music at Roxbury Community College
With a ranking of #7, Cape Cod Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Music Major in the New England Region list. West Barnstable, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s general music degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.
Read more about General Music at Cape Cod Community College
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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.
