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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Music Performance is the 116th most popular major in the country with 7,281 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 737 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 61 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,470 and $15,074 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 18 colleges that offered a degree in music performance. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in music performance.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree music performance students.
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lamar State College - Port Arthur landed the #1 spot on the list. Port Arthur, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s music performance 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%.
Read full report on Music Performance at Lamar State College - Port Arthur
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Plains College landed the #2 spot on the list. South Plains College is located in Levelland, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 8 associates’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
Full South Plains College Music Performance Report
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Glendale Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Glendale Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Glendale, Arizona. It awarded 14 associates’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.
Full Glendale Community College Music Performance Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region. UCO is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 associates’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad 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 full report on Music Performance at University of Central Oklahoma
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Scottsdale Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this medium-sized public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s music performance students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music Performance at Scottsdale Community College
Phoenix College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Phoenix College is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 associates’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Music Performance at Phoenix College
Mesa Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region list. Mesa Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Mesa, Arizona. It awarded 6 associates’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Music Performance at Mesa Community College
Chandler-Gilbert Community College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Chandler, Arizona, and it awarded 2 associates’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music Performance at Chandler-Gilbert Community College
South Mountain Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking. South Mountain Community College is a small school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 0 associates’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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 Performance at South Mountain Community College
Alvin Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region list. Alvin is a medium-sized public school situated in Alvin, Texas. It awarded 4 associates’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad 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%.
Read more about Music Performance at Alvin
Houston Community College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Houston Community College is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 8 associates’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music Performance at Houston Community College
Del Mar College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. Del Mar College is a public institution located in Corpus Christi, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Read full report on Music Performance at Del Mar College
El Centro College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking. El Centro College is a public institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Music Performance at El Centro College
GateWay Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #13. GateWay Community College is a small public school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 0 associates’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad 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%.
Full GateWay Community College Music Performance Report
Central Arizona College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Pinal County Community College is located in Coolidge, Arizona and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 associates’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Music Performance at Pinal County Community College
Rio Salado College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #13. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s music performance degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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 Performance at Rio Salado College
Paradise Valley Community College landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Paradise Valley Community College is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 associates’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Paradise Valley Community College Music Performance Report
Estrella Mountain Community College ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region list. Estrella Mountain Community College is a public institution located in Avondale, Arizona. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Music Performance at Estrella Mountain Community College
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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.
