2023 Most Well Attended Music Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Music Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 “Most Well Attended Music Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in music education. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in music education.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The music teacher education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Music Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate”.

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Most Well Attended Music Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate

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

Top 5 Most Popular 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 Most Well Attended Music Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate. This medium-sized school is located in El Dorado, Kansas, and it awarded 6 associates’s music teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Music Education at Butler CC

2

Western Nebraska Community College
Scottsbluff, Nebraska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Nebraska Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Music Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate list. Located in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, this small public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s music teacher education students in 2020-2021.

Full Western Nebraska Community College Music Education Report

3

St Charles Community College
Cottleville, Missouri

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Music Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, St Charles Community College landed the #3 spot on the 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 SCC

3

Rochester Community and Technical College
Rochester, Minnesota

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Music Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Community and Technical College landed the #3 spot on the list. Rochester, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s music teacher education degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Full Rochester Community and Technical College Music Education Report

3

Northeast Community College
Norfolk, Nebraska

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Music Teacher Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Norfolk, Nebraska, and it awarded 0 associates’s music teacher education 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 Community College

• Most Popular 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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aparajita Datta.