2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Far Western US Region

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Religious/Sacred Music is the 603rd most popular major in the country with 473 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 30 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in religious/sacred music. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in religious/sacred music.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music in the Far Western US Region

1

Academy for Jewish Religion - California
Los Angeles, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Academy for Jewish Religion - California. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Far Western US Region. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religious music degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

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

2

Hope International University
Fullerton, California

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hope International University landed the #2 spot on the list. Fullerton, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religious music degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Hope Religious/Sacred Music Report

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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

#4 overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Music Major in the Far Western US Region list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religious music degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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 full report on Religious/Sacred Music at University of Southern California

• Most Focused Master’s 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

• *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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