2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music in the Far Western US Region

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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 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 “Most Well Attended Religious Music Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in religious/sacred music. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in religious/sacred music.

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Most Well Attended Religious Music Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree religious music students.

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

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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 Most Well Attended Religious Music Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s. Academy for Jewish Religion - California is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.

Full Academy for Jewish Religion - California 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 Most Well Attended Religious Music Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. University of Southern California is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

Read more about Religious/Sacred Music at University of Southern California

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Hope International University
Fullerton, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hope International University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Religious Music Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s. This small school is located in Fullerton, California, and it awarded 3 masters’s religious music degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Religious/Sacred Music at Hope International University

• Most Popular 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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