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2022 Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
34 Degrees Awarded
$24,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor's in California For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 722 people earned their degree in voice performance, making the major the 516th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 80 voice performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 voice performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in voice performance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality voice performance 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 voice performance 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 Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california bachelor’s degree voice students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Voice Performance (Income $0-$30k) in California

#1

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s voice students in 2019-2020.

USC also made our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $14,668 for California Bachelor’s Degree Voice students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Southern California.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Voice Performance at USC

#2

University of Redlands

Redlands, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Redlands. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Redlands is a small school located in Redlands, California that handed out 4 bachelors’s voice degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Redlands did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Redlands is $21,763 for California Bachelor’s Degree Voice students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Voice Performance at University of Redlands

#3

Point Loma Nazarene University

San Diego, California
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Point Loma Nazarene University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in San Diego, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s voice students in 2019-2020.

PLNU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. It costs about $25,073 for California Bachelor’s Degree Voice students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Point Loma Nazarene University.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 more about Voice Performance at Point Loma Nazarene University

#4

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

San Francisco, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Francisco Conservatory of Music. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k. SFCM is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Francisco, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SFCM, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SFCM is $29,145 for california bachelor’s degree voice students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full San Francisco Conservatory of Music Voice Performance Report

#5

Chapman University

Orange, California
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Chapman University landed the #5 spot on the list. Chapman University is located in Orange, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s voice degrees to qualified students.

Chapman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. It costs about $33,219 for california bachelor’s degree voice students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Chapman.

The low student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Voice Performance at Chapman

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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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