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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Keyboard Instruments in California

4 Ranked Colleges
13 Degrees Awarded
$34,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Keyboard Instruments Schools for a Bachelor's in California

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Keyboard Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Keyboard Instruments is the 611th most popular major in the country with 581 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 53 keyboard instruments graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 keyboard instruments graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Keyboard Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in keyboard instruments. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality keyboard instruments programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the keyboard instruments program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 “Best Value Keyboard Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Keyboard Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Keyboard Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in California.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Keyboard Instruments in California

#1

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

San Francisco, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco Conservatory of Music. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Keyboard Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in California list. Located in San Francisco, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s keyboard instruments students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SFCM, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Keyboard Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SFCM is $37,649 for california bachelor’s degree keyboard instruments students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%.

Full San Francisco Conservatory of Music Keyboard Instruments Report

#2

University of Redlands

Redlands, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Redlands. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Keyboard Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in California. This small school is located in Redlands, California, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s keyboard instruments degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Redlands, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Keyboard Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. It costs about $27,958 for california bachelor’s degree keyboard instruments students per year to attend University of Redlands.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Redlands Keyboard Instruments Report

#3

Chapman University

Orange, California
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Keyboard Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Chapman University landed the #3 spot on the list. Chapman is located in Orange, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s keyboard instruments degrees to qualified students.

Chapman not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Keyboard Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend Chapman University is $41,350 for California Bachelor’s Degree Keyboard Instruments students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Keyboard Instruments at Chapman University

#4

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Keyboard Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #4 spot on the list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s keyboard instruments degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Keyboard Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. It costs about $29,528 for california bachelor’s degree keyboard instruments students per year to attend USC.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Keyboard Instruments at USC

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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