2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Music (Income $48-$75k) in Pennsylvania

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,262 people earned their degree in other music, making the major the 365th most popular in the United States.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 17 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other music. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other music programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other music program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Music (Income $48-$75k) in Pennsylvania

#1

Messiah University

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$22,999 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Messiah University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other music students in 2019-2020.

Messiah did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $22,999 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Other Music students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Messiah.

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

Full Messiah University Other Music Report

#2

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$26,888 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duquesne University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other music degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Duquesne also made our “Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $26,888 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Other Music students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Duquesne University.

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 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Duquesne University Other Music Report

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

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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