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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 the Middle Atlantic Region” 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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,474 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 111 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,902 and $128,547 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in music performance. That schools that top this list have a program in music performance in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rochester. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Rochester, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 24 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s music performance students in 2021-2022.
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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Rochester Music Performance Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Stony Brook University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Stony Brook, New York, and it awarded 34 doctorate’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Graduate Center, CUNY. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. New York, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s music performance degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This large school is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and it awarded 21 doctorate’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Rutgers University - New Brunswick Music Performance Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s music performance degrees to 13 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. 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 impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Temple University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #6. Temple University is a public institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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New York University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. New York University is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 4 doctorate’s music performance 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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Five Towns College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Five Towns College is a private for-profit institution located in Dix Hills, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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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.
