2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sacred Music in California

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In 2019-2020, 508 people earned their degree in sacred music, making the major the 281st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, sacred music graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,900 and had an average of $33,289 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 22 sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great sacred music programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the sacred music program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Master’s in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Master’s in California.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sacred Music in California

#1

Hope International University

Fullerton, California

#1 in overall quality

$14,916 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Hope International University landed the #1 spot on the list. Fullerton, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s sacred music degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hope, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Sacred Music Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hope International University are $14,916, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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