2023 Best Value Colleges for Other Music in the Plains States Region
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Other Music Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Other Music is the 407th most popular major in the country with 1,117 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 20 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Other Music Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Music Schools in the Plains States Region.
Top 3 Best Value Colleges for Other Music in the Plains States Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Other Music Schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, this medium-sized public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified ’s other music students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our plains states region other music students list, UNI has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Other Music Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $16,438 for plains states region other music students per year to attend UNI.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national 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
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Other Music Schools in the Plains States Region list. Webster is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Webster, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Other Music Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $23,248 for Plains States Region Other Music students per year to attend Webster University.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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 more about Other Music at Webster
Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Other Music Schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St Olaf College landed the #3 spot on the list. St. Olaf is a small school located in Northfield, Minnesota that handed out 2 ’s other music degrees in 2020-2021.
St. Olaf also made our “Best Other Music Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $24,052 for plains states region other music students per year to attend St Olaf College.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Other Music at St Olaf 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
- *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.