2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Religious Music Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Religious/Sacred Music is the 613th most popular major in the country with 481 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 84 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Religious Music Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious/sacred music. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religious/sacred music programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religious/sacred music program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Religious Music Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Religious Music Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree religious music students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Valor Christian College

Canal Winchester, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$16,245 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valor Christian College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Music Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Canal Winchester, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s religious music degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region associate degree religious music students list, Valor Christian College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $16,245 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Religious Music students per year to attend Valor Christian College.

Full Valor Christian College Religious/Sacred Music Report

#2

Ohio Christian University

Circleville, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$24,500 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Religious Music Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio Christian University landed the #2 spot on the list. Circleville, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s religious music degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region associate degree religious music students list, OCU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $24,500 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Religious Music students per year to attend Ohio Christian University.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full OCU Religious/Sacred Music Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music

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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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