2023 Most Focused Colleges for Brass Instruments in the Southeast Region

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In 2020-2021, 58 people earned their degree in brass instruments, making the major the 1103rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 12 brass instruments graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Brass Instruments Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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 Highly Focused on Brass Instruments Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Brass Instruments Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Brass Instruments in the Southeast Region

1

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

#2 overall quality in Southeast

$66,962 Average Early-Career Earnings

$15,553 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Brass Instruments Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified ’s brass instruments students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 Brass Instruments at Vanderbilt

2

Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia

$40,489 Average Early-Career Earnings

$28,658 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Brass Instruments Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the #2 spot on the list. Liberty University is a large school located in Lynchburg, Virginia that handed out 2 ’s brass instruments degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Brass Instruments at Liberty 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.