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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in New Jersey” 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 New Jersey, there were 121 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 49 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,237 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in New Jersey” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in music performance. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in music performance.
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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 New Jersey”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Jersey City University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in New Jersey list. Located in Jersey City, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s music performance students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Montclair State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Montclair State is a large school located in Montclair, New Jersey that handed out 11 masters’s music performance degrees 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rowan University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in New Jersey list. Rowan is a public institution located in Glassboro, New Jersey. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in New Jersey list. This large school is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and it awarded 20 masters’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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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