2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music in North Carolina

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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in North Carolina” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 473 people earned their degree in religious/sacred music, making the major the 603rd most popular in the United States.

Across North Carolina, there were 3 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,368 and $25,940 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in North Carolina” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious/sacred music. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their religious/sacred music program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina bachelor’s degree religious music students.

Top 4 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music in North Carolina

1

Piedmont International University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Piedmont International University landed the #1 spot on the list. Piedmont International University is a small school located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that handed out 2 bachelors’s religious music degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Religious/Sacred Music at Piedmont International University

2

Lenoir - Rhyne University
Hickory, North Carolina

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Lenoir - Rhyne University landed the #2 spot on the list. Lenoir - Rhyne University is a small school located in Hickory, North Carolina that handed out 1 bachelors’s religious music degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Religious/Sacred Music at Lenoir - Rhyne University

3

Grace College of Divinity
Fayetteville, North Carolina

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Grace College of Divinity landed the #3 spot on the list. Grace College of Divinity is located in Fayetteville, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s religious music degrees to qualified students.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Grace College of Divinity Religious/Sacred Music Report

3

University of Mount Olive
Mount Olive, North Carolina

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mount Olive landed the #3 spot on the list. UMO is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Mount Olive, North Carolina. It awarded 0 bachelors’s religious music degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Religious/Sacred Music at UMO

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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

Footnotes

• *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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