2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Jazz Studies in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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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 Jazz Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 519 people earned their degree in jazz studies, making the major the 544th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 46 jazz studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 jazz studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Jazz Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Jazz Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Jazz Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Jazz Studies in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Jazz Major in the Southwest Region. University of North Texas is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of North Texas Jazz Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Jazz Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Central Oklahoma is a fairly large school located in Edmond, Oklahoma that handed out 2 masters’s jazz degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.
Read full report on Jazz Studies at University of Central Oklahoma
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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.
