2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Woodwind Instruments
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Woodwind Instruments Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Woodwind Instruments is the 963rd most popular major in the country with 144 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 66 woodwind instruments graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,979 and $43,370 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Woodwind Instruments Major” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in woodwind instruments. That schools that top this list have a program in woodwind instruments in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Woodwind Instruments Major
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Woodwind Instruments Major”.
Top 12 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Woodwind Instruments
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Woodwind Instruments Major that were part of this year’s ranking, The New England Conservatory of Music landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 15 masters’s woodwind instruments degrees in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Manhattan School of Music. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Woodwind Instruments Major. New York, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s woodwind instruments degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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 undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Francisco Conservatory of Music. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Woodwind Instruments Major. SFCM is located in San Francisco, California and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 masters’s woodwind instruments degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Juilliard School. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Woodwind Instruments Major list. The Juilliard School is located in New York, New York and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 14 masters’s woodwind instruments degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Woodwind Instruments Major list. Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music is a small school located in San Juan, Puerto Rico that handed out 12 masters’s woodwind instruments degrees in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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Roosevelt University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Woodwind Instruments Major ranking. Roosevelt University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #7, Rice University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Woodwind Instruments Major list. Rice is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 13 masters’s woodwind instruments degrees in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Ithaca College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Woodwind Instruments Major ranking, coming in at #8. Ithaca, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s woodwind instruments degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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University of Southern California did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Woodwind Instruments Major ranking, coming in at #9. University of Southern California is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 5 masters’s woodwind instruments degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.
Read full report on Woodwind Instruments at University of Southern California
University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Woodwind Instruments Major ranking, coming in at #10. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 1 masters’s woodwind instruments degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Woodwind Instruments at UW Seattle
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Woodwind Instruments Major ranking, coming in at #11. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large public school situated in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It awarded 0 masters’s woodwind instruments degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Woodwind Instruments at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Longy School of Music of Bard College landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Woodwind Instruments Major ranking. This small school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 masters’s woodwind instruments degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.
