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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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in Texas” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Music Performance is the 116th most popular major in the country with 7,281 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Texas, there were 411 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 75 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,529 and $37,012 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in Texas” ranking looked at 6 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 colleges and universities below are the best for texas master’s degree music performance students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #1 spot on the list. UNT is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 44 masters’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #2 spot on the list. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 13 masters’s music performance degrees 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. 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in Texas. Waco, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s music performance degrees to 17 students in 2021-2022.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in Texas list. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit 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 1.5%, 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.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hardin - Simmons University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in Texas list. Located in Abilene, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s music performance students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in El Paso, Texas, and it awarded 0 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%.
Full The University of Texas at El Paso Music Performance Report
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