2023 Most Well Attended Sacred Music Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Sacred Music Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 554 people earned their degree in sacred music, making the major the 273rd most popular in the United States. 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 Plains States region, there were 41 sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,647 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Sacred Music Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in sacred music. To top this list, a school must have a successful sacred music program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Well Attended Sacred Music Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree sacred music students.
Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Sacred Music in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Calvary University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Sacred Music Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s sacred music students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Sacred Music at Calvary University
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Sacred Music Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Webster University landed the #2 spot on the list. Webster University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 1 masters’s sacred music degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Webster University Sacred Music Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Sacred Music Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #3 spot on the list. Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is a small school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 5 masters’s sacred music degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.
Full MBTS Sacred Music Report
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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