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2022 Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Music is the 365th most popular major in the country with 1,262 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 110 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in other music. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other music programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other music program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Music (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. UD is located in Newark, Delaware and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s other music degrees to qualified students.

UD also made our “Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $14,622 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Music students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UD.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low 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 more about Other Music at UD

#2

Messiah University

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Messiah University landed the #2 spot on the list. Messiah is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Messiah also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Messiah is $22,999 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Music students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Messiah University Other Music Report

#3

Houghton College

Houghton, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Houghton College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Houghton, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other music students in 2019-2020.

Houghton also took the #4 spot in our “Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Houghton is $20,944 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Music students whose families make $48-$75k.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Full Houghton College Other Music Report

#4

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Duquesne University landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s other music degrees in 2019-2020.

Duquesne also took the #3 spot in our “Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Duquesne is $26,888 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other music students whose families make $48-$75k.

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 2.5% 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%.

Full Duquesne Other Music Report

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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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