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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Utah” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Utah, there were 352 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $16,880 and $14,162 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 220 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,652 and $24,483 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Utah” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in music. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in music.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for utah bachelor’s degree music students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Snow College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Utah list. Snow College is a medium-sized public school situated in Ephraim, Utah. It awarded 18 bachelors’s music degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Westminster College Utah. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s music degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Utah list. Brigham Young University - Provo is a private not-for-profit institution located in Provo, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 69 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #4 spot on the list. U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 58 bachelors’s music degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Logan, Utah, this large public school awarded 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’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%.
Weber State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Utah ranking. Weber State University is a large public school situated in Ogden, Utah. It awarded 19 bachelors’s music degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
Southern Utah University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Utah ranking. This fairly large school is located in Cedar City, Utah, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s music degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Utah Valley University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Utah ranking. UVU is a public institution located in Orem, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
Dixie State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Utah ranking. Dixie State University is located in Saint George, Utah and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s music degrees to qualified students.
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