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2022 Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$28,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Bachelor's in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,117 people earned their degree in music theory and composition, making the major the 415th most popular in the United States.

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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great music theory and composition programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the music theory and composition program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey bachelor’s degree music composition students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Music Theory & Composition in New Jersey (With Aid)

#1

Rider University

Lawrenceville, New Jersey
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rider University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s music composition students in 2019-2020.

Rider also took the #1 spot in our “Best Music Theory & Composition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Rider University is $27,964 for new jersey bachelor’s degree music composition students with aid.

The impressive 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.

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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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