by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Southeast region, there were 2,432 general music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,899 general music graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,436 and $23,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 237 colleges that offer a degree in general music. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general music.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree general music students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Edward Waters College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region list. Edward Waters College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Jacksonville, Florida. It awarded 5 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2021-2022.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brevard College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region. Brevard College is a small school located in Brevard, North Carolina that handed out 1 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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.
Out of the 237 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Virginia University landed the #3 spot on the list. Buena Vista, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’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 Southern Virginia University
Out of the 237 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rollins College landed the #4 spot on the list. Rollins is a private not-for-profit institution located in Winter Park, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Talladega College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region list. Talladega College is located in Talladega, Alabama and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s general music degrees to qualified students.
Fisk University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Fisk is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 3 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
Toccoa Falls College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region list. Toccoa Falls College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Toccoa Falls, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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%.
Dillard University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Brewton - Parker College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Mount Vernon, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general music degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
With a ranking of #10, Centenary College of Louisiana did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region list. Centenary College of Louisiana is located in Shreveport, Louisiana and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s general music degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 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 Centenary College of Louisiana
Lane College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #11. Lane College is a small school located in Jackson, Tennessee that handed out 6 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2021-2022.
Allen University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Allen University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 3 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2021-2022.
University of Montevallo landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Montevallo is located in Montevallo, Alabama and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s general music degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
Wesleyan College landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Macon, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general music degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #15, Kentucky State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region list. KY State is located in Frankfort, Kentucky and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s general music degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Ave Maria University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Ave Maria University is located in Ave Maria, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s general music degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.
Point University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in West Point, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general music students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Elizabeth City State University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Elizabeth City, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general music degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
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With a ranking of #19, Sewanee - The University of the South did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Sewanee, Tennessee, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Music at Sewanee - The University of the South
With a ranking of #20, Claflin University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region list. Claflin is a small school located in Orangeburg, South Carolina that handed out 10 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
With a ranking of #21, Greensboro College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region list. Greensboro, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general music degrees to 4 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.
Virginia Wesleyan University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Asbury University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #23. Asbury is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wilmore, Kentucky. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Le Moyne - Owen College landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2021-2022.
Kentucky Wesleyan College ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Southeast Region list. Owensboro, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general music degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
Not only did these schools make the top 36 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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