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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Great Lakes region, there were 1,574 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 544 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,182 and $43,142 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 26 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in music performance. 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.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree music performance students.
Out of the 26 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cleveland Institute of Music landed the #1 spot on the list. Cleveland Institute of Music is a small school located in Cleveland, Ohio that handed out 40 masters’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region. Indiana University - Bloomington is a large school located in Bloomington, Indiana that handed out 134 masters’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Bowling Green, Ohio. It awarded 35 masters’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Music Performance at BGSU
Out of the 26 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a large school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 95 masters’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Butler University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s music performance students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
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With a ranking of #6, DePaul University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region list. DePaul is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 29 masters’s music performance degrees 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%.
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. U-M is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 51 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full U-M Music Performance Report
Northwestern University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s music performance degrees to 19 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 99%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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.
Full Northwestern University Music Performance Report
Youngstown State University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Youngstown State University is a public institution located in Youngstown, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music Performance at Youngstown State University
With a ranking of #10, Michigan State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified masters’s music performance students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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 92%.
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With a ranking of #11, Miami University - Oxford did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Miami University - Oxford is located in Oxford, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 12 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Miami University - Oxford Music Performance Report
Western Michigan University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s music performance students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Music Performance at WMU
University of Akron Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #13. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Akron, Ohio that handed out 9 masters’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Music Performance at University of Akron Main Campus
Oberlin College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #14. Located in Oberlin, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 95 diplomas to qualified masters’s music performance students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Central Michigan University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #15. Mount Pleasant, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music performance degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 Michigan
Andrews University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #16. Andrews is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Berrien Springs, Michigan. It awarded 2 masters’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Andrews Music Performance Report
Ohio University - Athens Campus ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Athens, Ohio, and it awarded 10 masters’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 Ohio University - Athens Campus
Kent State University at Kent landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Kent, Ohio, this large public school handed out 15 degrees to qualified masters’s music performance students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
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With a ranking of #19, Indiana University - South Bend did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Indiana University - South Bend is a small school located in South Bend, Indiana that handed out 1 masters’s music performance degrees 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%.
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University of Toledo ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Toledo is a public institution located in Toledo, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Toledo Music Performance Report
With a ranking of #21, University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music performance degrees to 13 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Eastern Michigan University landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s music performance students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Eastern Michigan Music Performance Report
Indiana State University ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Terre Haute, Indiana, and it awarded 1 masters’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Roosevelt University landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Roosevelt University is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 masters’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
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%.
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With a ranking of #25, Northern Illinois University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Northern Illinois University is located in Dekalb, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 24 masters’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Full Northern Illinois University Music Performance Report
