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2022 Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$21,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Bachelor's in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Music Theory & Composition is the 415th most popular major in the country with 1,117 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across New Jersey, there were 5 music theory and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 music theory and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,288 and $24,807 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music theory and composition programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the music theory and composition program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey bachelor’s degree music composition students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Music Theory & Composition (Income $0-$30k) in New Jersey

#1

Rider University

Lawrenceville, New Jersey
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rider University landed the #1 spot on the list. Rider University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. It awarded 4 bachelors’s music composition degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rider, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Music Theory & Composition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rider is $21,161 for New Jersey Bachelor’s Degree Music Composition students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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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

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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