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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. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Music Performance is the 116th most popular major in the country with 7,335 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 494 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 267 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in music performance. That schools that top this list have a program in music performance in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree music performance students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Berklee College of Music. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the New England Region. Berklee College of Music is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 188 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the New England Region. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized public school situated in Portland, Maine. It awarded 14 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gordon College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the New England Region. Gordon College is located in Wenham, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Keene State College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the New England Region. Located in Keene, New Hampshire, this small public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s music performance students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Massachusetts Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
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Boston University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the New England Region list. Boston U is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 24 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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With a ranking of #7, Emerson College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the New England Region list. Emerson is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Emerson College Music Performance Report
Rhode Island College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the New England Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Rhode Island College Music Performance Report
With a ranking of #9, University of Massachusetts - Lowell did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the New England Region list. Located in Lowell, Massachusetts, this fairly large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s music performance students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
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University of Maine landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the New England Region ranking. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s music performance degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music Performance at UMaine
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