by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in Louisiana” 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 Louisiana, there were 188 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 72 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,232 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in Louisiana” ranking looked at 6 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 Louisiana”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Orleans. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in Louisiana list. University of New Orleans is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 masters’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music performance degrees to 35 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Music Performance at Louisiana State University
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Louisiana University landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Hammond, Louisiana, and it awarded 9 masters’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Music Performance at Southeastern Louisiana University
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisiana at Lafayette landed the #4 spot on the list. UL Lafayette is a fairly large public school situated in Lafayette, Louisiana. It awarded 11 masters’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Louisiana at Lafayette Music Performance Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University New Orleans. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in Louisiana list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s music performance degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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 ranking of #6, Northwestern State University of Louisiana did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in Louisiana list. This fairly large school is located in Natchitoches, Louisiana, and it awarded 5 masters’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
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