2021 Best Music Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Illinois
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Finding the Best Music Schools for Non-Traditional Students
With 552 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, music is the #30 most popular major in Illinois. This means that of the 15,545 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 3.6% were from a college or university in the state.
For this year's Best Music Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Illinois ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a bachelor's in music. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the music program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Music Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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2021 Best Music Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Illinois
Check out the music programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Music Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Illinois State University tops the 2021 list of our schools in Illinois that are best for non-traditional music students. Illinois State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal. Illinois State also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Music in Illinois rankings.
The student loan default rate at Illinois State is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 7,464 students at Illinois State that take at least one class online. 2,500 of Illinois State students are attending part time.
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Western Illinois University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the remote town of Macomb, WIU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. WIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Music in Illinois list.
About 3.2% of WIU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 4,203 students at WIU that take at least one class online. 1,874 of WIU students are attending part time.
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DePaul University comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population. DePaul also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Music in Illinois rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. There are approximately 8,996 students at DePaul that take at least one class online. About 3,547 of the students at DePaul are attending part time.
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Millikin University earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Decatur, Millikin is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. Millikin also made our Best Colleges for Music in Illinois list, coming in at #6.
About 3.3% of Millikin students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 839 students at Millikin that take at least one class online. 151 of Millikin students are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize Columbia College Chicago as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Chicago, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Music in Illinois list.
The student loan default rate at Columbia is lower than is typical, just 1.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 1,283 students take at least one class online at Columbia. 414 of Columbia students are attending part time.
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