2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 4,761 people earned their degree in music education, making the major the 151st most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 562 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in music education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in music education.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree music teacher education students.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Music Education in the Plains States Region

1

Butler Community College
El Dorado, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Butler Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region. Butler Community College is a public institution located in El Dorado, Kansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Music Education at Butler CC

2

Western Nebraska Community College
Scottsbluff, Nebraska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Nebraska Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region. WNCC is a public institution located in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Music Education at WNCC

3

Rochester Community and Technical College
Rochester, Minnesota

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Community and Technical College landed the #3 spot on the list. Rochester Community and Technical College is a small public school situated in Rochester, Minnesota. It awarded 0 associates’s music teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Music Education at Rochester Community and Technical College

3

St Charles Community College
Cottleville, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Charles Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region list. St Charles Community College is a public institution located in Cottleville, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Music Education at St Charles Community College

3

Northeast Community College
Norfolk, Nebraska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region list. Northeast Community College is a public institution located in Norfolk, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Music Education at Northeast

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Music Education

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

• *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.

Credits

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