by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Maine” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 25,910 people earned their degree in music, making the major the 43rd most popular in the United States. 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 Maine, there were 55 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 47 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,463 and $30,985 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Maine” ranking, we looked at 6 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Maine”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Augusta. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Maine list. University of Maine at Augusta is a public institution located in Augusta, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bates College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Maine list. Bates is a small school located in Lewiston, Maine that handed out 7 bachelors’s music degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Maine. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s music degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colby College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Maine list. Waterville, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s music degrees to 5 students 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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bowdoin College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Maine. Bowdoin is a private not-for-profit institution located in Brunswick, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Maine came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Maine ranking. University of Maine is located in Orono, Maine and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s music degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
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