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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. 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 a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US 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 Far Western US region, there were 905 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 139 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,396 and $49,784 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 19 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.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Institute of the Arts. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region list. CalArts is a small school located in Valencia, California that handed out 1 masters’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, 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 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Oregon University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Ashland, Oregon, this medium-sized public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s music performance students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music Performance at Southern Oregon University
Out of the 19 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Los Angeles landed the #3 spot on the list. Cal State LA is a large public school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 22 masters’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full California State University - Los Angeles Music Performance Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Redlands. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of Redlands is a private not-for-profit institution located in Redlands, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
Full University of Redlands Music Performance Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oregon. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region. Located in Eugene, Oregon, this large public school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s music performance students in 2021-2022.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Full UO Music Performance Report
California State University - Northridge did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Northridge, California, this large public school handed out 19 diplomas to qualified masters’s music performance students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full California State University - Northridge Music Performance Report
California State University - Long Beach ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region list. California State University - Long Beach is located in Long Beach, California and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 22 masters’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read more about Music Performance at CSULB
With a ranking of #8, California State University - Fullerton did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Fullerton, California, this large public school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified masters’s music performance students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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 California State University - Fullerton
San Diego State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #9. This large school is located in San Diego, California, and it awarded 8 masters’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full San Diego State University Music Performance Report
Portland State University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Portland State University is a public institution located in Portland, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Portland State University Music Performance Report
Central Washington University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region list. Central Washington University is located in Ellensburg, Washington and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 masters’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music Performance at CWU
With a ranking of #12, San Francisco State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region list. SFSU is a public institution located in San Francisco, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Music Performance at SFSU
California State University - Sacramento came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Sac State is a large school located in Sacramento, California that handed out 2 masters’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 California State University - Sacramento
University of Southern California ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of Southern California is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 masters’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%.
Full University of Southern California Music Performance Report
University of Alaska Fairbanks came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. UAF is a medium-sized public school situated in Fairbanks, Alaska. It awarded 1 masters’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Music Performance at University of Alaska Fairbanks
Musicians Institute landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Musicians Institute is a small school located in Hollywood, California that handed out 146 masters’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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With a ranking of #15, Holy Names University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region list. Oakland, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s music performance degrees to 0 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music Performance at Holy Names University
University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s music performance students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Music Performance at UW Seattle
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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.
