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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Music Performance is the 116th most popular major in the country with 7,335 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 1,607 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 89 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Shenandoah University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Winchester, Virginia, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 more about Music Performance at Shenandoah
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #2 spot on the list. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s music performance degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Music Performance at Southern Miss
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Tallahassee, Florida, and it awarded 28 doctorate’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Florida State University Music Performance Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southeast Region list. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s music performance degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Music Performance at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Miami. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Southeast Region. U Miami is a fairly large school located in Coral Gables, Florida that handed out 12 doctorate’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Miami Music Performance Report
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