2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Music in the Rocky Mountains Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$27,534
Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Music is the 43rd most popular major in the country with 25,860 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , music graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $27,123 and had an average of $27,532 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 1,032 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,126 and $26,376 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 256 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,612 and $39,317 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in music. That schools that top this list have a program in music in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in the Rocky Mountains Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree music students.
Top 13 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Music in the Rocky Mountains Region
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Utah University landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Utah University is a public institution located in Cedar City, Utah. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 69 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
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 Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Colorado. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Northern Colorado is a medium-sized public school situated in Greeley, Colorado. It awarded 32 masters’s music degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music at University of Northern Colorado
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #3 spot on the list. DU is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 32 masters’s music degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate 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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music at DU
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #4 spot on the list. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music degrees to 34 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Music at Colorado State
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #5 spot on the list. CU - Boulder is a large public school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 32 masters’s music degrees in 2021-2022.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full CU - Boulder Music Report
University of Wyoming landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Laramie, Wyoming is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music degrees to 13 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music at UW
University of Idaho ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This fairly large school is located in Moscow, Idaho, and it awarded 5 masters’s music degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music at U of I
University of Utah came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 13 masters’s music degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Music at University of Utah
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 full report on Music at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Brigham Young University - Provo ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s music students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Read full report on Music at BYU
Boise State University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Boise, Idaho, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s music 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%.
Read full report on Music at Boise State
The University of Montana landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. UM is a medium-sized school located in Missoula, Montana that handed out 4 masters’s music degrees 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 more about Music at UM
Utah State University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Utah State University is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 3 masters’s music degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Music at USU
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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
- *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.
