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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 Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 737 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 166 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree 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 southwest region master’s degree music performance students.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma City University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s music performance students in 2021-2022.
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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music performance degrees to 44 students in 2021-2022.
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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 13 masters’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baylor University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region list. Baylor University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 17 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 88%. 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 Baylor University Music Performance Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region. UNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 21 masters’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Music Performance Report
Texas Christian University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s music performance degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Full TCU Music Performance Report
With a ranking of #7, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 49 masters’s music performance degrees 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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Hardin - Simmons University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This small school is located in Abilene, Texas, and it awarded 2 masters’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #9, New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 5 masters’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music Performance at NMSU Main Campus
University of Central Oklahoma landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 3 masters’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.
Read full report on Music Performance at University of Central Oklahoma
