2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Percussion Instruments Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Percussion Instruments is the 1130th most popular major in the country with 45 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 11 percussion instruments graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 percussion instruments graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,076 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Percussion Instruments Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in percussion instruments. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in percussion instruments.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Percussion Instruments Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Percussion Instruments Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Percussion Instruments in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Manhattan School of Music
New York, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Manhattan School of Music. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Percussion Instruments Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. New York, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s percussion instruments degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Manhattan School of Music Percussion Instruments Report

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The Juilliard School
New York, New York

#17 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Juilliard School. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Percussion Instruments Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. The Juilliard School is located in New York, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s percussion instruments degrees to qualified students.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Percussion Instruments at The Juilliard School

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Percussion Instruments

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.