2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
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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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 1,127 people earned their degree in other music, making the major the 407th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 131 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 51 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,660 and $23,761 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in other music. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other music.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
Top 12 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Music in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houghton College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Houghton, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other music degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Houghton Other Music Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mercy College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Dobbs Ferry, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 25 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other music students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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 Mercy Other Music Report
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Messiah University landed the #3 spot on the list. Messiah University is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s other music degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Other Music at Messiah
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington & Jefferson College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Washington, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other music students in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full W&J Other Music Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duquesne University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Duquesne University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 10 bachelors’s other music degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Duquesne University Other Music Report
LIU Post came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. LIU Post is a fairly large school located in Brookville, New York that handed out 2 bachelors’s other music 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%.
Read full report on Other Music at LIU Post
University of Delaware landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. University of Delaware is a large public school situated in Newark, Delaware. It awarded 1 bachelors’s other music degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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 full report on Other Music at University of Delaware
Purchase College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Purchase, New York, this small public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other music students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Purchase College Other Music Report
Carnegie Mellon University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Carnegie Mellon University is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s other music degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Carnegie Mellon University Other Music Report
Grove City College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Grove City College is a small school located in Grove City, Pennsylvania that handed out 0 bachelors’s other music degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Other Music at Grove City College
SUNY Fredonia came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in Fredonia, New York, this small public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other music students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Music at SUNY Fredonia
Swarthmore College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Music Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This small school is located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s other music degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
Read more about Other Music at Swarthmore
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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.
