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

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Brass Instruments is the 1103rd most popular major in the country with 58 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 6 brass instruments graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 brass instruments graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Brass Instruments Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in brass instruments. That schools that top this list have a program in brass instruments in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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

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

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Brass Instruments in the Far Western US Region

1

San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco Conservatory of Music. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Brass Instruments Major in the Far Western US Region list. San Francisco Conservatory of Music is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 2 masters’s brass instruments degrees 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Brass Instruments at San Francisco Conservatory of Music

2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#11 overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Brass Instruments Major in the Far Western US Region list. UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s brass instruments degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read full report on Brass Instruments at UW Seattle

2

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

#4 overall quality in Far Western US

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Brass Instruments Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #2 spot on the list. USC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s 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 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%.

Full USC Brass Instruments Report

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Brass Instruments

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.