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2022 Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York

4 Ranked Colleges
42 Degrees Awarded
$29,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor's in New York

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 193 people earned their degree in music history, making the major the 819th most popular in the United States.

Across New York, there were 59 music history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 42 music history graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,973 and $22,589 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in music history. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music history programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the music history program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Music History in New York

#1

SUNY Potsdam

Potsdam, New York
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Potsdam landed the #1 spot on the list. SUNY Potsdam is a small school located in Potsdam, New York that handed out 11 bachelors’s music history degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Potsdam also made our “Best Music History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $13,704 for new york bachelor’s degree music history students per year to attend SUNY Potsdam.

Read more about Music History at SUNY Potsdam

#2

The New School

New York, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The New School. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York list. New School University is a medium-sized school located in New York, New York that handed out 13 bachelors’s music history degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new york bachelor’s degree music history students list, New School University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Music History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for New School University is $43,334 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Music History students.

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.

Full The New School Music History Report

#3

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Syracuse University landed the #3 spot on the list. Syracuse, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s music history degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Syracuse also made our “Best Music History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Syracuse is $34,482 for new york bachelor’s degree music history students.

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 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%.

Full Syracuse Music History Report

#4

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 #4 on our 2022 Best Value Music History Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York list. Skidmore 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Music History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. The estimated yearly cost for Skidmore is $27,197 for new york bachelor’s degree music history students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 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 Skidmore College

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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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