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Music Performance is the 116th most popular major in the country with 7,335 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 925 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 146 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 19 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Institute of the Arts. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Valencia, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s music performance students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full CalArts Music Performance Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Oregon University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region list. Southern Oregon University is a medium-sized school located in Ashland, Oregon that handed out 6 masters’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southern Oregon University Music Performance Report
Out of the 19 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Los Angeles landed the #3 spot on the list. California State University - Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 masters’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music Performance at California State University - Los Angeles
Out of the 19 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Redlands landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Redlands is a small school located in Redlands, California that handed out 5 masters’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%.
Full University of Redlands Music Performance Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oregon. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region. UO is a large public school situated in Eugene, Oregon. It awarded 15 masters’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Read full report on Music Performance at University of Oregon
California State University - Northridge landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Northridge, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music performance degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music Performance at California State University - Northridge
California State University - Long Beach landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. California State University - Long Beach is a public institution located in Long Beach, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Music Performance at CSULB
California State University - Fullerton came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. This large school is located in Fullerton, California, and it awarded 19 masters’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
Read more about Music Performance at Cal State Fullerton
San Diego State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #9. SDSU is a large public school situated in San Diego, California. It awarded 11 masters’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Full San Diego State University Music Performance Report
Portland State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Portland State University Music Performance Report
Central Washington University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in Ellensburg, Washington, this fairly large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s music performance students in 2020-2021.
Full Central Washington University Music Performance Report
San Francisco State University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. San Francisco, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music performance degrees to 4 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%.
Read full report on Music Performance at SFSU
California State University - Sacramento did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #13. California State University - Sacramento is a large school located in Sacramento, California that handed out 4 masters’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.
Full Sac State Music Performance Report
University of Southern California came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. University of Southern California is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 2 masters’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Music Performance at USC
University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. University of Alaska Fairbanks is located in Fairbanks, Alaska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Music Performance at UAF
Musicians Institute did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #15. Musicians Institute is a small school located in Hollywood, California that handed out 121 masters’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Musicians Institute Music Performance Report
Mills College came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Mills College is a small school located in Oakland, California that handed out 0 masters’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Mills Music Performance Report
With a ranking of #15, Holy Names University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region list. Holy Names University is a small school located in Oakland, California that handed out 0 masters’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Music Performance at Holy Names University
University of Washington - Seattle Campus ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 5 masters’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music Performance at UW Seattle
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References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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