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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 Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 7,335 people earned their degree in music performance, making the major the 116th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 713 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 381 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 35 colleges that offered a degree in music performance. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their music performance program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree music performance students.
Out of the 35 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma City University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 60 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s music performance students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Central University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region. Ada, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s music performance degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 35 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard Payne University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Brownwood, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s music performance students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Howard Payne University Music Performance Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region. University of North Texas is a large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 60 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Full University of North Texas Music Performance Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Waco, Texas, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s music performance students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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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Southern Nazarene 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 Southwest Region ranking. Southern Nazarene University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bethany, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Southern Nazarene University Music Performance Report
University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 21 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #8, Southern Methodist University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region list. SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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University of Tulsa ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Tulsa is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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Northern Arizona University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, this large public school handed out 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s music performance students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Music Performance at Northern Arizona University
University of Arizona did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #11. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 28 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Full University of Arizona Music Performance Report
University of Houston came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s music performance degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full UH Music Performance Report
Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Music Performance at Arizona State University - Tempe
Hardin - Simmons University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region list. Hardin - Simmons is a private not-for-profit institution located in Abilene, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Hardin - Simmons Music Performance Report
Southwestern Assemblies of God University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #15. Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a small school located in Waxahachie, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southwestern Assemblies of God University Music Performance Report
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #16. Located in Edinburg, Texas, this large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s music performance students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UT Rio Grande Valley Music Performance Report
Oral Roberts University ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region list. ORU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It awarded 1 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #18, Texas A&M University - Commerce did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M Commerce is a fairly large school located in Commerce, Texas that handed out 4 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Texas A&M Commerce Music Performance Report
The University of Texas at Austin came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 20 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
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 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full UT Austin Music Performance Report
With a ranking of #20, Texas Christian University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region list. TCU is a fairly large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 3 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music Performance at Texas Christian University
Texas State University came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas State University is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 9 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Texas State University Music Performance Report
With a ranking of #22, Dallas Baptist University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region list. DBU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 1 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Music Performance at DBU
Tarleton State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #23. Tarleton is a fairly large public school situated in Stephenville, Texas. It awarded 3 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #24, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at Arlington is a large school located in Arlington, Texas that handed out 10 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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 full report on Music Performance at The University of Texas at Arlington
With a ranking of #25, Southeastern Oklahoma State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Durant, Oklahoma, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Music Performance at Southeastern Oklahoma State University
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