2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Musicology & Ethnomusicology in the Southeast Region

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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Musicology and Ethnomusicology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Musicology & Ethnomusicology is the 895th most popular major in the country with 144 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 50 musicology and ethnomusicology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 musicology and ethnomusicology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Musicology and Ethnomusicology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in musicology and ethnomusicology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in musicology and ethnomusicology.

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The musicology and ethnomusicology 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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Musicology and Ethnomusicology Major in the Southeast Region”.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Musicology and Ethnomusicology Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree musicology and ethnomusicology students.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Musicology & Ethnomusicology in the Southeast Region

1

East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, Tennessee

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Musicology and Ethnomusicology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, East Tennessee State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Johnson City, Tennessee, this fairly large public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s musicology and ethnomusicology students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Musicology & Ethnomusicology at ETSU

2

Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana

#21 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Musicology and Ethnomusicology Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s musicology and ethnomusicology students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Tulane University of Louisiana Musicology & Ethnomusicology Report

3

Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Musicology and Ethnomusicology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s musicology and ethnomusicology students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Musicology & Ethnomusicology at Liberty University

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Musicology & Ethnomusicology

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.