2021 Best Music Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Washington
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224Bachelor's Degrees
$33,722Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Music Schools for Non-Traditional Students
With 224 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, music is the #55 most popular major in Washington. This means that of the 15,545 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 1.4% were from a college or university in the state.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the music program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Featured Music Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
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The music school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Music Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
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Featured Music Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
Pacific Lutheran University tops the 2021 list of our schools in Washington that are best for non-traditional music students. Located in the large suburb of Tacoma, PLU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. PLU also made our Best Colleges for Music in Washington list, coming in at #1.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 67 students take at least one class online at PLU. About 199 of the students at PLU are attending part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Music
One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Music has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top school only.
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 the rest 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).
With 224 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, music is the #55 most popular major in Washington. This means that of the 15,545 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 1.4% were from a college or university in the state.
