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 has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Therapy Major in Texas” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 665 people earned their degree in music therapy, making the major the 519th most popular in the United States.
Across Texas, there were 64 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Therapy Major in Texas” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in music therapy. That schools that top this list have a program in music therapy in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Therapy Major in Texas” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Therapy Major in Texas”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Therapy Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Huntsville, Texas, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s music therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the Incarnate Word. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Therapy Major in Texas. UIW is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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 Therapy at University of the Incarnate Word
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Woman’s University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Therapy Major in Texas. This fairly large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s music therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Music Therapy at Texas Woman’s University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Therapy Major in Texas. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 5 bachelors’s music therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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