2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music in the Plains States Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$23,800
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Religious/Sacred Music is the 603rd most popular major in the country with 473 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 32 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 18 colleges that offer a degree 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 the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Plains States Region”.
Top 18 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Plains States Region list. FBBC&TS is a small school located in Ankeny, Iowa that handed out 3 bachelors’s religious music degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 FBBC&TS Religious/Sacred Music Report
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Central University landed the #2 spot on the list. North Central University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full North Central University Religious/Sacred Music Report
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Urshan College landed the #3 spot on the list. Urshan College is located in Wentzville, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s religious music degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Religious/Sacred Music at Urshan College
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s religious music students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full MBTS Religious/Sacred Music Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri Baptist University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Plains States Region. Missouri Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 4 bachelors’s religious music degrees in 2020-2021.
Full MBU Religious/Sacred Music Report
Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fayette, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Religious/Sacred Music at CMU CLAS
College of the Ozarks landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Hard Work U is located in Point Lookout, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s religious music degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Religious/Sacred Music at College of the Ozarks
Crown College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Plains States Region list. Crown College is a small school located in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota that handed out 1 bachelors’s religious music degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
Read more about Religious/Sacred Music at Crown
Southwest Baptist University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #9. Bolivar, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s religious music degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Religious/Sacred Music at Southwest Baptist University
Concordia University, Saint Paul did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #10. Concordia University, Saint Paul is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 2 bachelors’s religious music degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Religious/Sacred Music at Concordia University, Saint Paul
Concordia University, Nebraska ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Plains States Region list. Seward, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s religious music degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Religious/Sacred Music at Concordia University, Nebraska
With a ranking of #12, Oak Hills Christian College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Plains States Region list. Oak Hills Christian College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bemidji, Minnesota. It awarded 1 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 Oak Hills Christian College
MidAmerica Nazarene University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #12. MidAmerica Nazarene University is a small school located in Olathe, Kansas that handed out 0 bachelors’s religious music degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full MidAmerica Nazarene University Religious/Sacred Music Report
Baptist Bible College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s religious music students in 2020-2021.
Full Baptist Bible College Religious/Sacred Music Report
With a ranking of #12, Evangel University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Plains States Region list. Evangel University is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s religious music degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
Read more about Religious/Sacred Music at Evangel
With a ranking of #12, University of Sioux Falls did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Sioux Falls is a small school located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota that handed out 0 bachelors’s religious music degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Religious/Sacred Music at University of Sioux Falls
With a ranking of #12, Central Christian College of Kansas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Plains States Region list. Central Christian College of Kansas is a small private not-for-profit school situated in McPherson, Kansas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s religious music degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Religious/Sacred Music at Central Christian College
St Olaf College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Plains States Region ranking. St Olaf College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Northfield, Minnesota. It awarded 0 bachelors’s religious music degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full St. Olaf Religious/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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