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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Sacred Music is the 273rd most popular major in the country with 554 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, sacred music graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,993 and had an average of $27,000 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 47 sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in sacred music. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their sacred music program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree sacred music students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Life Pacific College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Far Western US Region. San Dimas, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sacred music degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hope International University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Far Western US Region list. Hope International University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fullerton, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Kirkland, Washington, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sacred music students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanguard University of Southern California. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Far Western US Region list. Vanguard is located in Costa Mesa, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s sacred music degrees to qualified students.
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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Biola University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Far Western US Region list. Biola is located in La Mirada, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s sacred music degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Bushnell University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Bushnell University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Eugene, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
California Baptist University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Far Western US Region list. California Baptist University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Riverside, California. It awarded 6 bachelors’s sacred music degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
The Master’s University and Seminary landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. The Master’s University is a small school located in Santa Clarita, California that handed out 0 bachelors’s sacred music degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
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