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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2021-2022, 7,281 people earned their degree in music performance, making the major the 116th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 213 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 0 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,161 and $15,228 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in music performance. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in music performance.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The music performance school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Plains States Region”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Calvary University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Plains States Region list. Calvary is a private not-for-profit institution located in Kansas City, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Calvary Music Performance Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeast Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Plains States Region. Northeast Community College is located in Norfolk, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
Read full report on Music Performance at Northeast
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Lakes College - Brainerd. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Brainerd, Minnesota, this small public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s music performance students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 Central Lakes College - Brainerd
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.
