2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Therapy Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Music Therapy is the 519th most popular major in the country with 665 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 36 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Music Therapy Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in music therapy. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular music therapy programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Music Therapy Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree music therapy students.

Top 4 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy in the Far Western US Region

1

University of the Pacific
Stockton, California

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Music Therapy Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Pacific landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Stockton, California, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s music therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 full report on Music Therapy at Pacific

2

Seattle Pacific University
Seattle, Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle Pacific University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Music Therapy Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s list. Seattle Pacific University is a small school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 10 bachelors’s music therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full SPU Music Therapy Report

3

Pacific University
Forest Grove, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pacific University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Music Therapy Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Forest Grove, Oregon, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s music therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 Therapy at Pacific

4

Mount Saint Mary's University
Los Angeles, California

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Music Therapy Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount Saint Mary’s University landed the #4 spot on the list. MSMU is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s music therapy degrees to qualified students.

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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Music Therapy at MSMU

• Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy

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 Barbara E. Carver.