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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in Illinois” ranking.
In 2021-2022, 7,281 people earned their degree in music performance, making the major the 116th most popular in the United States.
Across Illinois, there were 284 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $82,783 and $153,500 respectively.
The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their music performance program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in Illinois”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in Illinois”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Evanston, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s music performance students in 2021-2022.
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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 99%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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.
