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2022 Best Value Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k

8 Ranked Colleges
186 Degrees Awarded
$24,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Music Schools for a Bachelor's in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k

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 Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Music is the 40th most popular major in the country with 27,047 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, music graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,639 and had an average of $28,653 in loans still to pay off.

Across Oregon, there were 271 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,550 and $29,640 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 186 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in music. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music 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 program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Music (Income $75-$110k) in Oregon

#1

Southern Oregon University

Ashland, Oregon
#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Oregon University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k. This medium-sized school is located in Ashland, Oregon, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Oregon University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. It costs about $14,028 for oregon bachelor’s degree music students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Southern Oregon University.

Read full report on Music at Southern Oregon University

#2

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k. Portland State University is a public institution located in Portland, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Portland State University, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. It costs about $17,077 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Music students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Portland State University.

Read full report on Music at Portland State University

#3

Western Oregon University

Monmouth, Oregon
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Oregon University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Monmouth, Oregon, this small public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s music students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our oregon bachelor’s degree music students whose families make $75-$110k list, Western Oregon State College has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Western Oregon State College is $20,868 for oregon bachelor’s degree music students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Music at Western Oregon University

#4

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Eugene, Oregon, this large public school handed out 59 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s music students in 2019-2020.

UO also took the #2 spot in our “Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. It costs about $22,282 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Music students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend UO.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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 at University of Oregon

#5

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, this large public school awarded 36 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s music students in 2019-2020.

Oregon State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The estimated yearly cost for Oregon State is $23,645 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Music students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, 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 85%.

Read more about Music at Oregon State University

#6

Reed College

Portland, Oregon
#5 in overall quality

Reed College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Reed College is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s music degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our oregon bachelor’s degree music students whose families make $75-$110k list, Reed has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Reed College is $26,961 for oregon bachelor’s degree music students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Music at Reed College

#7

George Fox University

Newberg, Oregon
#4 in overall quality

George Fox University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. George Fox University is located in Newberg, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s music degrees to qualified students.

GFU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. It costs about $31,671 for oregon bachelor’s degree music students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend GFU.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Music at GFU

#8

Lewis & Clark College

Portland, Oregon
#3 in overall quality

Lewis & Clark College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k list. This small school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

Lewis and Clark College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Lewis & Clark College is $35,626 for oregon bachelor’s degree music students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Lewis and Clark College Music Report

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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