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2022 Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
63 Degrees Awarded
$40,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Stringed Instruments is the 599th most popular major in the country with 545 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 179 stringed instruments graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 63 stringed instruments graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in stringed instruments. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality stringed instruments programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the stringed instruments program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Stringed Instruments in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s stringed instruments students in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Stringed Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Carnegie Mellon University is $34,508 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree stringed instruments students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Stringed Instruments at Carnegie Mellon

#2

The Juilliard School

New York, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Juilliard School. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. New York, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s stringed instruments degrees to 44 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree stringed instruments students with aid list, Juilliard has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Stringed Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $33,535 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree stringed instruments students with aid per year to attend Juilliard.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Stringed Instruments at The Juilliard School

#3

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Syracuse University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Syracuse, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s stringed instruments degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree stringed instruments students with aid list, Syracuse has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Stringed Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $34,482 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Stringed Instruments students with aid per year to attend Syracuse.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Stringed Instruments at Syracuse

#4

The New School

New York, New York
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The New School landed the #4 spot on the list. New York, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s stringed instruments degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree stringed instruments students with aid list, New School University has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Stringed Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $43,334 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Stringed Instruments students with aid per year to attend New School University.

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 Stringed Instruments at New School University

#5

Manhattan School of Music

New York, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manhattan School of Music. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. New York, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s stringed instruments degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

Manhattan School of Music did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Stringed Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Manhattan School of Music is $54,902 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Stringed Instruments students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Manhattan School of Music Stringed Instruments Report

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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

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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