by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Southwest region, there were 50 sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dallas Baptist University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Southwest Region. Dallas Baptist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St. Thomas landed the #2 spot on the list. UST is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 5 masters’s sacred music degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Southwest Region list. Southern Methodist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baylor University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Southwest Region list. Baylor is a large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 2 masters’s sacred music degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oral Roberts University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sacred Music Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s sacred music students in 2020-2021.
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