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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Plains States Region

7 Ranked Colleges
43 Degrees Awarded
$24,400 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Plains States Region

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 Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Plains States region, there were 217 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 43 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in music performance. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in music performance.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree music performance students.

Top 7 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance in the Plains States Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Plains States Region list. UMKC is located in Kansas City, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 27 masters’s music performance degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.

Read more about Music Performance at UMKC

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Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pittsburg State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Plains States Region list. Pittsburg, Kansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music performance degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Music Performance at Pittsburg State University

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Wichita State University
Wichita, Kansas

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wichita State University landed the #3 spot on the list. WSU is a fairly large school located in Wichita, Kansas that handed out 7 masters’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.

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University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Northern Iowa is a medium-sized public school situated in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It awarded 3 masters’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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about Music Performance at University of Northern Iowa

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Park University
Parkville, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Park University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Plains States Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Parkville, Missouri, and it awarded 1 masters’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Park University Music Performance Report

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Webster University
Saint Louis, Missouri

Webster University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 0 masters’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Music Performance at Webster University

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Calvary University
Kansas City, Missouri

Calvary University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Performance Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Kansas City, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s music performance degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Calvary University Music Performance Report

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