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2022 Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
24 Degrees Awarded
$13,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,262 people earned their degree in other music, making the major the 365th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 24 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in other music. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other music programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other music 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 Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree other music students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Music (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

St Olaf College

Northfield, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Olaf College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Northfield, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other music students in 2019-2020.

St. Olaf also made our “Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend St. Olaf is $12,276 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Music students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, 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.

Read more about Other Music at St. Olaf

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Duluth landed the #2 spot on the list. Duluth, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other music degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree other music students whose families make $30-$48k list, UMN Duluth has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Minnesota - Duluth is $7,992 for plains states region bachelor’s degree other music students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Other Music at University of Minnesota - Duluth

#3

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Iowa landed the #3 spot on the list. UNI is a medium-sized school located in Cedar Falls, Iowa that handed out 4 bachelors’s other music degrees in 2019-2020.

UNI also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNI is $12,495 for plains states region bachelor’s degree other music students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Other Music at University of Northern Iowa

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Winona, Minnesota, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other music students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree other music students whose families make $30-$48k list, SMU MN has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $14,033 for plains states region bachelor’s degree other music students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend SMU MN.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 SMU MN Other Music Report

#5

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Webster University landed the #5 spot on the list. Webster is a medium-sized school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 3 bachelors’s other music degrees in 2019-2020.

Webster also made our “Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Webster University is $20,081 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Music students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.9% 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 Other Music at Webster 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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