2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Composition Major in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 an Associate Highly Focused on Music Composition Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Music Theory & Composition is the 390th most popular major in the country with 1,175 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 47 music theory and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 music theory and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Composition Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in music theory and composition. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in music theory and composition.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Composition Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree music composition students.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Music Theory & Composition in the Southwest Region

1

Amarillo College
Amarillo, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Amarillo College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Composition Major in the Southwest Region list. Amarillo College is a medium-sized school located in Amarillo, Texas that handed out 5 associates’s music composition degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Music Theory & Composition at Amarillo College

2

El Centro College
Dallas, Texas

Top 10% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend El Centro College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Composition Major in the Southwest Region list. El Centro College is a public institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Music Theory & Composition at El Centro College

3

Houston Community College
Houston, Texas

Top 15% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Composition Major in the Southwest Region list. Houston Community College is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 0 associates’s music composition degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

Northwest Vista College
San Antonio, Texas

Top 10% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwest Vista College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Composition Major in the Southwest Region. This fairly large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 0 associates’s music composition degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Del Mar College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Composition Major in the Southwest Region. Del Mar College is a fairly large public school situated in Corpus Christi, Texas. It awarded 0 associates’s music composition degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Music Theory & Composition at DMC

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Music Theory & Composition

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.