2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Conducting in the Southwest Region

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Conducting is the 878th most popular major in the country with 153 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 19 conducting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 conducting graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Conducting Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in conducting. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in conducting.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Conducting Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Conducting Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Conducting in the Southwest Region

1

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

#6 overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Conducting Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. UT Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 4 doctorate’s conducting degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.

Full UT Austin Conducting Report

2

Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, Texas

#11 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Conducting Major in the Southwest Region list. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 2 doctorate’s conducting degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full TCU Conducting Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Conducting

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.