by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Nebraska” ranking - to help you make that 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 Nebraska, there were 129 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,208 and $20,915 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 76 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,581 and $29,351 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Nebraska” ranking, we looked at 13 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 colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska bachelor’s degree music students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chadron State College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Nebraska list. This small school is located in Chadron, Nebraska, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s music degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nebraska Wesleyan University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Nebraska list. Nebraska Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 4 bachelors’s music degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Kearney. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Nebraska. UNK is located in Kearney, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s music degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Hastings College landed the #4 spot on the list. Hastings College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hastings, Nebraska. It awarded 2 bachelors’s music degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Nebraska list. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s music degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Doane University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Nebraska list. Crete, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s music degrees to 4 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%.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Nebraska ranking. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s music degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, 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 85%.
Wayne State College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Nebraska ranking. WSC is a small public school situated in Wayne, Nebraska. It awarded 3 bachelors’s music degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Concordia University, Nebraska landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Nebraska ranking. This small school is located in Seward, Nebraska, and it awarded 1 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%.
Creighton University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Nebraska ranking, coming in at #10. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s music degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 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.
York College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Nebraska list. York, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s music degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Peru State College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Nebraska list. Located in Peru, Nebraska, this small public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s music students in 2020-2021.
Union College Nebraska came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Nebraska ranking. Union College Nebraska is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 0 bachelors’s music degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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