by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in Massachusetts” ranking.
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 Massachusetts, there were 3 sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,084 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in Massachusetts” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in sacred music. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in sacred music.
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The sacred music school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in Massachusetts”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in Massachusetts”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Hebrew College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 masters’s sacred music degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 1 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in Massachusetts. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s sacred music degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. 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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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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