by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Most Well Attended Other Music Major in California for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Music is the 407th most popular major in the country with 1,117 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across California, there were 82 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,566 and $21,995 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Other Music Major in California for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other music. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in other music.
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The other music school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Other Music Major in California for a Bachelor’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Other Music Major in California for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Biola University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Other Music Major in California for a Bachelor’s. Biola University is a medium-sized school located in La Mirada, California that handed out 11 bachelors’s other music degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Irvine. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Other Music Major in California for a Bachelor’s. Concordia University, Irvine is a small school located in Irvine, California that handed out 9 bachelors’s other music degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Music at Concordia University, Irvine
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Other Music Major in California for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other music students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The undergraduate 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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Other Music Major in California for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Riverside landed the #4 spot on the list. UCR is located in Riverside, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s other music degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Musicians Institute. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Other Music Major in California for a Bachelor’s. Located in Hollywood, California, this small private for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other music students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
California State University - Chico did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Music Major in California for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Chico, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other music degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
Academy of Art University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Music Major in California for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Academy of Art University is located in San Francisco, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s other music degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
Pepperdine University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Other Music Major in California for a Bachelor’s list. Pepperdine is a private not-for-profit institution located in Malibu, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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