by our College Data Analytics Team
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 Sacred Music Major in Texas for a Master’s” 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 Texas, there were 41 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 $57,376 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Sacred Music Major in Texas for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in sacred music. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular sacred music programs in the United States.
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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 “Most Well Attended Sacred Music Major in Texas for a Master’s”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas master’s degree sacred music students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dallas Baptist University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Sacred Music Major in Texas for a Master’s list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s sacred music degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Sacred Music Major in Texas for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St. Thomas landed the #2 spot on the list. UST is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Sacred Music Major in Texas for a Master’s list. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 2 masters’s sacred music degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Sacred Music Major in Texas for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 2 masters’s sacred music degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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