by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 a Master’s 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 music theory and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Composition Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 7 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Composition Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hardin - Simmons University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Composition Major in the Southwest Region. Hardin - Simmons is a private not-for-profit institution located in Abilene, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma City University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Composition Major in the Southwest Region list. OCU is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s music composition degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Composition Major in the Southwest Region list. UCO is a fairly large school located in Edmond, Oklahoma that handed out 2 masters’s music composition degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baylor University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Composition Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 2 masters’s music composition degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Composition Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #5 spot on the list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s music composition degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Composition Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 1 masters’s music composition degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Rice University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Composition Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s music composition degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, 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 97%.
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