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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Brass Instruments (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

3 Ranked Colleges
22 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Brass Instruments is the 984th most popular major in the country with 114 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 46 brass instruments graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 brass instruments graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in brass instruments. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality brass instruments programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the brass instruments program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Brass Instruments (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Manhattan School of Music

New York, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manhattan School of Music. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Manhattan School of Music is a small school located in New York, New York that handed out 11 bachelors’s brass instruments degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Manhattan School of Music, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Brass Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Manhattan School of Music is $59,202 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree brass instruments students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Brass Instruments at Manhattan School of Music

#2

Ithaca College

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ithaca College landed the #2 spot on the list. Ithaca is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ithaca, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ithaca, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Brass Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $29,702 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree brass instruments students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Ithaca.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Brass Instruments at Ithaca College

#3

The Juilliard School

New York, New York
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, The Juilliard School landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s brass instruments degrees in 2019-2020.

Juilliard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Brass Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Juilliard is $29,097 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Brass Instruments students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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