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2022 Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
55 Degrees Awarded
$22,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Music History is the 819th most popular major in the country with 193 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 76 music history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 55 music history graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in music history. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great music history programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the music history program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Music History (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Skidmore College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Skidmore College is located in Saratoga Springs, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s music history degrees to qualified students.

Skidmore not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Music History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Skidmore is $13,986 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Music History students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Read more about Music History at Skidmore College

#2

SUNY Potsdam

Potsdam, New York
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Potsdam landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Potsdam, New York, this small public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s music history students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Potsdam did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Music History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $12,429 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree music history students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend SUNY Potsdam.

Read full report on Music History at SUNY Potsdam

#3

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Syracuse University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Syracuse University is located in Syracuse, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s music history degrees to qualified students.

Syracuse did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Music History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $21,360 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree music history students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Syracuse.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.

Read more about Music History at Syracuse

#4

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s music history students in 2019-2020.

Temple did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Music History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $18,879 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree music history students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Temple University.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Music History at Temple

#5

Rider University

Lawrenceville, New Jersey
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rider University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Lawrenceville, New Jersey is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s music history degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Rider did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Music History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $23,326 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree music history students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Rider University.

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

Read more about Music History at Rider University

#6

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia
#2 in overall quality

Catholic University of America did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #6. CUA is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s music history degrees to qualified students.

CUA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Music History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $26,211 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree music history students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend CUA.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full CUA Music History Report

#7

The New School

New York, New York
#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, The New School did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. New School University is located in New York, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s music history degrees to qualified students.

New School University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Music History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for New School University is $40,044 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Music History students whose families make $30-$48k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Music History at New School University

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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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