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2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k

3 Ranked Colleges
95 Degrees Awarded
$21,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor's in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

Music Performance is the 103rd most popular major in the country with 7,957 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maryland, there were 216 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 95 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,371 and $23,982 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in music performance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music performance 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 music performance program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland bachelor’s degree music performance students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $75-$110k) in Maryland

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #1 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. The estimated yearly cost for Johns Hopkins is $19,177 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Music Performance students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Music Performance at Johns Hopkins University

#2

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k list. UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 33 bachelors’s music performance degrees to qualified students.

UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Maryland - College Park is $22,710 for maryland bachelor’s degree music performance students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, 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 University of Maryland - College Park Music Performance Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Maryland - Baltimore County is a fairly large public school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 8 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMBC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UMBC is $23,922 for maryland bachelor’s degree music performance students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 UMBC Music Performance 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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