2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Jazz Studies in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$29,500
Avg Cost*
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In 2021-2022, 519 people earned their degree in jazz studies, making the major the 544th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 70 jazz studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 36 jazz studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,436 and $23,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Jazz Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in jazz studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their jazz studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Jazz Major in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Jazz Major in the Southeast Region”.
Top 7 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Jazz Studies in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University New Orleans. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Jazz Major in the Southeast Region list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s jazz degrees to 7 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
Read full report on Jazz Studies at Loyola New Orleans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Miami. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Jazz Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Miami is located in Coral Gables, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s jazz degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Read more about Jazz Studies at U Miami
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Shenandoah University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Jazz Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Winchester, Virginia, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s jazz degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Jazz Studies at Shenandoah University
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Jazz Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Asheville landed the #4 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Asheville is located in Asheville, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s jazz degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Jazz Studies at UNCA
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jacksonville University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Jazz Major in the Southeast Region. JU is located in Jacksonville, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s jazz degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Jacksonville University Jazz Studies Report
University of North Florida ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Jazz Major in the Southeast Region list. University of North Florida is a public institution located in Jacksonville, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Jazz Studies at University of North Florida
Xavier University of Louisiana ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Jazz Major in the Southeast Region list. Xavier University of Louisiana is a small school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 0 bachelors’s jazz degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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.
