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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Music Performance is the 116th most popular major in the country with 7,281 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 197 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 18 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boulder, Colorado, and it awarded 79 ’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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%.
Read full report on Music Performance at University of Colorado Boulder
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University - Billings. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Located in Billings, Montana, this small public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified ’s music performance students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music Performance at Montana State University - Billings
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. BYU - I is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Rexburg, Idaho. It awarded 33 ’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Brigham Young University - Idaho Music Performance Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This fairly large school is located in Moscow, Idaho, and it awarded 7 ’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Music Performance at U of I
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Denver is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 20 ’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
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. 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%.
Full DU Music Performance Report
Casper College did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #6. Casper College is a small public school situated in Casper, Wyoming. It awarded 2 ’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%.
Full Casper College Music Performance Report
Colorado Mesa University did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #7. Colorado Mesa is located in Grand Junction, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 ’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Music Performance at Colorado Mesa
With a ranking of #8, Southern Utah University did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Southern Utah University is located in Cedar City, Utah and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 11 ’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Full Southern Utah University Music Performance Report
Idaho State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Pocatello, Idaho, and it awarded 6 ’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 more about Music Performance at ISU
Brigham Young University - Provo came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Brigham Young University - Provo is a private not-for-profit institution located in Provo, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, 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 89%.
Read more about Music Performance at BYU
Boise State University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Boise, Idaho is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s music performance degrees to 9 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Boise State University Music Performance Report
With a ranking of #12, Laramie County Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. LCCC is a small public school situated in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It awarded 0 ’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full LCCC Music Performance Report
University of Wyoming did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #13. UW is a public institution located in Laramie, Wyoming. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Music Performance at University of Wyoming
Utah Valley University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Utah Valley University is located in Orem, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 9 ’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Read full report on Music Performance at Utah Valley University
Weber State University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. WSU is a large public school situated in Ogden, Utah. It awarded 0 ’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full WSU Music Performance Report
With a ranking of #16, Rocky Mountain College did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Rocky is a small school located in Billings, Montana that handed out 1 ’s music performance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music Performance at Rocky Mountain College
Dixie State University ranked #16 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Saint George, Utah, this fairly large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified ’s music performance students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Dixie State College Music Performance Report
With a ranking of #16, The University of Montana did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Missoula, Montana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s music performance degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music Performance at The University of Montana
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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.
