by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Iowa” ranking - to help you make that 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 Iowa, there were 235 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,786 and $25,125 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 36 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,894 and $35,556 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Iowa” ranking, we looked at 2 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Iowa”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Iowa list. Located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, this medium-sized public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s music students in 2021-2022.
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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Iowa list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified masters’s music students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
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