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2022 Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
46 Degrees Awarded
$13,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 193 people earned their degree in music history, making the major the 819th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 54 music history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 46 music history graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in music history. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great music history programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the music history program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree music history students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Music History (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wake Forest University landed the #1 spot on the list. Wake Forest University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It awarded 2 bachelors’s music history degrees in 2019-2020.

Wake Forest University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Music History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $5,250 for southeast region bachelor’s degree music history students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Wake Forest University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.

Read full report on Music History at Wake Forest University

#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Morgantown, West Virginia, this large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s music history students in 2019-2020.

WVU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Music History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend West Virginia University is $9,213 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Music History students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Music History at West Virginia University

#3

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s music history degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree music history students whose families make $0-$30k list, UK has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Music History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UK is $11,848 for southeast region bachelor’s degree music history students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full University of Kentucky Music History Report

#4

Bob Jones University

Greenville, South Carolina
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bob Jones University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Greenville, South Carolina, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s music history degrees in 2019-2020.

Bob Jones University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Music History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $10,076 for southeast region bachelor’s degree music history students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Bob Jones University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.

Full Bob Jones University Music History Report

#5

Bridgewater College

Bridgewater, Virginia
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bridgewater College landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Bridgewater, Virginia, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s music history degrees in 2019-2020.

Bridgewater also took the #5 spot in our “Best Music History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bridgewater College is $14,220 for southeast region bachelor’s degree music history students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Bridgewater College Music History Report

#6

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia
#6 in overall quality

Liberty University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. Lynchburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s music history degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Liberty University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Music History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $27,896 for southeast region bachelor’s degree music history students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Liberty University.

Read full report on Music History at Liberty University

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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

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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