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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” 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 Southwest region, there were 713 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 381 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 35 colleges that offered a degree in music performance. To top this list, a school must have a successful music performance program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 35 schools in the Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #1 spot on the list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s music performance degrees to 60 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma City University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. OCU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It awarded 60 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 43 bachelors’s music performance degrees 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 freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 28 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, 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 full report on Music Performance at University of Houston
Baylor University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Waco, Texas, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s music performance students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, 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.
Northern Arizona University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #7. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s music performance degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of New Mexico - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
The University of Texas at Austin landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. UT Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ranked #10 on this year’s Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. UT Rio Grande Valley is a public institution located in Edinburg, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Southern Methodist University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 11 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #12, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Arlington, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s music performance degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Texas State University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Texas State University is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 9 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
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East Central University ranked #14 on this year’s Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. ECU is a small public school situated in Ada, Oklahoma. It awarded 8 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #15, Texas A&M University - Commerce did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Texas A&M University - Commerce is a fairly large public school situated in Commerce, Texas. It awarded 4 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Tulsa did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #16. University of Tulsa is a small school located in Tulsa, Oklahoma that handed out 3 bachelors’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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music Performance at University of Tulsa
Texas Christian University ranked #16 on this year’s Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Fort Worth, Texas, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Tarleton State University ranked #16 on this year’s Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Stephenville, Texas, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
Southern Nazarene University ranked #16 on this year’s Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. SNU is located in Bethany, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Music Performance at Southern Nazarene University
Howard Payne University ranked #20 on this year’s Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Brownwood, Texas, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #20. NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
Southwestern Assemblies of God University landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Southwestern Assemblies of God University is located in Waxahachie, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
Full Southwestern Assemblies of God University Music Performance Report
University of Central Oklahoma came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Central Oklahoma is a public institution located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Southeastern Oklahoma State University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Southeastern Oklahoma State University is a medium-sized school located in Durant, Oklahoma that handed out 1 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #22, Dallas Baptist University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s music performance degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
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Oral Roberts University ranked #22 on this year’s Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Oral Roberts University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Hardin - Simmons University landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Music Performance Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Abilene, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s music performance degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
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