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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Music Theory & Composition (Income Over $110k) in Iowa

1 Ranked Colleges
2 Degrees Awarded
$17,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Music Composition Schools for a Bachelor's in Iowa For Those Making Over $110k

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 “Best Vallue Music Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Music Theory & Composition is the 415th most popular major in the country with 1,117 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Iowa, there were 2 music theory and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 music theory and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,922 and $25,876 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music theory and composition programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the music theory and composition program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The music composition school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Vallue Music Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making Over $110k”.

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Best Vallue Music Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Music Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Music Theory & Composition (Income Over $110k) in Iowa

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Music Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s music composition students in 2019-2020.

UNI also took the #1 spot in our “Best Music Theory & Composition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNI is $15,620 for Iowa Bachelor’s Degree Music Composition students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The 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 more about Music Theory & Composition at UNI

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Notes and References

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

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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