by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in Mississippi” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Music Education is the 151st most popular major in the country with 4,761 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Mississippi, there were 149 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 103 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,502 and $27,577 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in Mississippi” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in music education. That schools that top this list have a program in music education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in Mississippi” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi bachelor’s degree music teacher education students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Blue Mountain College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in Mississippi list. This small school is located in Blue Mountain, Mississippi, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s music teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jackson State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in Mississippi. Jackson State University is a medium-sized school located in Jackson, Mississippi that handed out 20 bachelors’s music teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in Mississippi. Southern Miss is a public institution located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Music Education at University of Southern Mississippi
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Carey University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in Mississippi list. William Carey University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It awarded 11 bachelors’s music teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Music Education at William Carey University
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Delta State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Delta State University is a small school located in Cleveland, Mississippi that handed out 6 bachelors’s music teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Music Education at Delta State University
Mississippi State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in Mississippi ranking. Mississippi State is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 19 bachelors’s music teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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With a ranking of #7, Mississippi Valley State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in Mississippi list. Mississippi Valley State University is a small public school situated in Itta Bena, Mississippi. It awarded 1 bachelors’s music teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Mississippi Valley State University Music Education Report
Mississippi College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Teacher Education Major in Mississippi ranking. Clinton, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s music teacher education degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
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