2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Education in New Jersey

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Music Teacher Education Major in New Jersey for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across New Jersey, there were 45 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,237 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Music Teacher Education Major in New Jersey for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in music education. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in music education.

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Most Well Attended Music Teacher Education Major in New Jersey for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Music Teacher Education Major in New Jersey for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Education in New Jersey

1

Rider University
Lawrenceville, New Jersey

#11 overall quality in New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rider University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Music Teacher Education Major in New Jersey for a Master’s list. Rider is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. It awarded 12 masters’s music teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 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 4.7% 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%.

Read more about Music Education at Rider University

2

New Jersey City University
Jersey City, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Jersey City University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Music Teacher Education Major in New Jersey for a Master’s. New Jersey City University is a medium-sized public school situated in Jersey City, New Jersey. It awarded 0 masters’s music teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Music Education at NJCU

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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

• *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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