by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Music Performance is the 116th most popular major in the country with 7,335 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 240 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 154 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 16 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University - Billings landed the #1 spot on the list. Montana State University - Billings is a small public school situated in Billings, Montana. It awarded 5 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Montana State University - Billings Music Performance Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Brigham Young University - Idaho is located in Rexburg, Idaho and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 35 bachelors’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. University of Idaho is a fairly large school located in Moscow, Idaho that handed out 11 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, 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 University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. CU - Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 41 bachelors’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #5 spot on the list. DU is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 14 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Colorado Mesa University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Colorado Mesa is a public institution located in Grand Junction, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Southern Utah University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Southern Utah University is a public institution located in Cedar City, Utah. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music Performance at Southern Utah University
Idaho State University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Idaho State University is located in Pocatello, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
University of Wyoming came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in Laramie, Wyoming, this fairly large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s music performance students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Brigham Young University - Provo did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #10. Brigham Young University - Provo is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 9 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Boise State University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in Boise, Idaho, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s music performance students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #12, Utah Valley University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Utah Valley University is a public institution located in Orem, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s 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%.
Weber State University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Weber State University is a large public school situated in Ogden, Utah. It awarded 4 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
Dixie State University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Saint George, Utah is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s music performance degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The University of Montana landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. The University of Montana is a fairly large public school situated in Missoula, Montana. It awarded 0 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #14, Rocky Mountain College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Billings, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s music performance degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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