2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Jazz Studies in the Southeast 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Jazz Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 574 people earned their degree in jazz studies, making the major the 544th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 86 jazz studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 jazz studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Jazz Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in jazz studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their jazz studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Jazz Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Jazz Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Jazz Studies in the Southeast Region

1

University of Arkansas at Monticello
Monticello, Arkansas

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Jazz Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Monticello landed the #1 spot on the list. UAM is a public institution located in Monticello, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Jazz Studies at University of Arkansas at Monticello

2

University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida

#18 overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Jazz Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Coral Gables, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s jazz students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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3

North Carolina Central University
Durham, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina Central University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Jazz Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Durham, North Carolina, this medium-sized public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s jazz students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Jazz Studies at North Carolina Central University

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Jazz Studies

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.