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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region

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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 11,232 people earned their degree in general music, making the major the 73rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 972 general music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 643 general music graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 112 colleges that offer a degree in general music. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general music program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 25 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Music in the Plains States Region

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Luther College
Decorah, Iowa

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Luther College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region. Luther is located in Decorah, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s general music degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Music at Luther College

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Valley City State University
Valley City, North Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Valley City State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Valley City, North Dakota, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Music at Valley City State University

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Bethany Lutheran College
Mankato, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethany Lutheran College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Mankato, Minnesota, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Music at BLC

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St Olaf College
Northfield, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Olaf College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Northfield, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 30 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general music students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Music at St Olaf College

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Benedictine College
Atchison, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Benedictine College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region list. Benedictine College is located in Atchison, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s general music degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Music at Benedictine College

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Concordia College at Moorhead
Moorhead, Minnesota

Concordia College at Moorhead landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Concordia College Moorhead is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Moorhead, Minnesota. It awarded 9 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Music at Concordia College Moorhead

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Gustavus Adolphus College
Saint Peter, Minnesota

Gustavus Adolphus College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Gustavus Adolphus College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Peter, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Music at Gustavus Adolphus College

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Simpson College
Indianola, Iowa

Simpson College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This small school is located in Indianola, Iowa, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Music at Simpson College

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Coe College
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Coe College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This small school is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Coe General Music Report

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College of Saint Benedict
Saint Joseph, Minnesota

College of Saint Benedict ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Saint Joseph, Minnesota, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Music at CSB

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University of Minnesota - Morris did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #11. UMN Morris is a small public school situated in Morris, Minnesota. It awarded 4 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Minnesota - Morris General Music Report

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Northern State University
Aberdeen, South Dakota

Northern State University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region list. Northern State University is located in Aberdeen, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s general music degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.

Read full report on General Music at NSU

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Northwestern College
Orange City, Iowa

Northwestern College landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Orange City, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general music degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Music at Northwestern College

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Cornell College
Mount Vernon, Iowa

With a ranking of #14, Cornell College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region list. Mount Vernon, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general music degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Cornell College General Music Report

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Truman State University
Kirksville, Missouri

With a ranking of #15, Truman State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region list. Truman State is located in Kirksville, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s general music degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on General Music at Truman State

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Saint Johns University
Collegeville, Minnesota

Saint Johns University landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region ranking. SJU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Collegeville, Minnesota. It awarded 5 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full SJU General Music Report

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Missouri Western State University
Saint Joseph, Missouri

Missouri Western State University ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region list. Missouri Western is a small school located in Saint Joseph, Missouri that handed out 10 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Music at Missouri Western State University

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Hannibal - LaGrange University ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region list. HLGU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hannibal, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about General Music at Hannibal - LaGrange University

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Grinnell College
Grinnell, Iowa

Grinnell College landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Grinnell is located in Grinnell, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s general music degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% 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%. 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.

Read full report on General Music at Grinnell

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Emporia State University
Emporia, Kansas

With a ranking of #20, Emporia State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region list. Emporia, Kansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general music degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full ESU General Music Report

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With a ranking of #21, Ottawa University - Ottawa did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Ottawa, Kansas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Ottawa University - Ottawa General Music Report

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Evangel University
Springfield, Missouri

With a ranking of #22, Evangel University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region list. Evangel is a small school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 5 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Evangel General Music Report

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Chadron State College
Chadron, Nebraska

Chadron State College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #23. Chadron State College is a small public school situated in Chadron, Nebraska. It awarded 4 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Music at Chadron State College

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Drury University
Springfield, Missouri

Drury University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general music degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Music at Drury University

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With a ranking of #25, University of Northwestern - St Paul did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Music Major in the Plains States Region list. Northwestern is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 6 bachelors’s general music degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Music at Northwestern

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