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2022 Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

4 Ranked Colleges
25 Degrees Awarded
$24,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 110 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in other music. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other music 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 other music 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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Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other music students.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Music in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Messiah University

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Messiah University landed the #1 spot on the list. Messiah University is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s other music degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other music students list, Messiah has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Messiah is $28,141 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Music students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Other Music at Messiah

#2

Houghton College

Houghton, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houghton College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Houghton is a small school located in Houghton, New York that handed out 3 bachelors’s other music degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other music students list, Houghton has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $22,233 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other music students per year to attend Houghton.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Other Music at Houghton

#3

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Newark, Delaware, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other music students in 2019-2020.

UD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Delaware is $17,220 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other music students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Other Music at UD

#4

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duquesne University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Other Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Duquesne is a medium-sized school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 8 bachelors’s other music degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Duquesne, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Duquesne University is $29,309 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other music students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 86%.

Read full report on Other Music at Duquesne 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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