by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Major in Michigan” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Music is the 43rd most popular major in the country with 25,910 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, music graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $27,160 and had an average of $24,560 in loans still to pay off.
Across Michigan, there were 744 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,266 and $25,592 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 27 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,608 and $18,344 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Major in Michigan” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in music. That schools that top this list have a program in music in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Major in Michigan”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Michigan College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Major in Michigan list. Southwestern Michigan College is a small public school situated in Dowagiac, Michigan. It awarded 3 associates’s music degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Rapids Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Grand Rapids Community College is a public institution located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Michigan College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Major in Michigan list. Benton Harbor, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s music degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Henry Ford College landed the #3 spot on the list. Henry Ford College is a fairly large school located in Dearborn, Michigan that handed out 4 associates’s music degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mott Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Major in Michigan list. Mott Community College is a public institution located in Flint, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Oakland Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Major in Michigan ranking. Located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified associates’s music students in 2020-2021.
Lansing Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Major in Michigan list. Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s music degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Northwestern Michigan College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Major in Michigan ranking. Traverse City, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s music degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Spring Arbor University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Major in Michigan ranking. Located in Spring Arbor, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified associates’s music students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Muskegon Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Music Major in Michigan list. Muskegon Community College is a public institution located in Muskegon, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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