2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Music History in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music History Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2021-2022, 197 people earned their degree in music history, making the major the 840th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 3 music history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 music history graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music History Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in music history. That schools that top this list have a program in music history in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music History Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music History Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Music History in the Plains States Region

1

University of Missouri - Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music History Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #1 spot on the list. Kansas City, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music history degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 Music History at UMKC

2

University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa

#25 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music History Major in the Plains States Region list. Cedar Falls, Iowa is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music history degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.

Full University of Northern Iowa Music History Report

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

• *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.