2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music in Texas

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

Across Texas, there were 34 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,315 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in Texas” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best for texas doctor’s degree religious music students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music in Texas

1

Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas

#4 overall quality in Texas

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s religious music degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Full SMU Religious/Sacred Music Report

2

Baylor University
Waco, Texas

#6 overall quality in Texas

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Waco, Texas, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s religious music students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Religious/Sacred Music at Baylor University

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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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