by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Conducting Major” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 153 people earned their degree in conducting, making the major the 878th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 conducting graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Conducting Major” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in conducting. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their conducting program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Conducting Major” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree conducting students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McMurry University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Conducting Major list. McMurray University is a small school located in Abilene, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s conducting degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chapman University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Conducting Major list. Located in Orange, California, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s conducting students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Conducting Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Aquinas College Michigan landed the #3 spot on the list. Aquinas College Michigan is a small school located in Grand Rapids, Michigan that handed out 0 bachelors’s conducting degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Conducting Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Manhattan School of Music landed the #3 spot on the list. Manhattan School of Music is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 2 bachelors’s conducting degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Conducting Major that were part of this year’s ranking, DePauw University landed the #3 spot on the list. DePauw is a private not-for-profit institution located in Greencastle, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Conducting Major that were part of this year’s ranking, The New School landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s conducting 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.
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