by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 North Dakota” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 North Dakota, there were 88 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,104 and $22,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 62 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,120 and $27,473 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in North Dakota” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in North Dakota” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in North Dakota”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Valley City State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in North Dakota. Valley City, North Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s music degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mary. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in North Dakota list. University of Mary is a small school located in Bismarck, North Dakota that handed out 10 bachelors’s music degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in North Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s music degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in North Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Dickinson State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Dickinson, North Dakota, this small public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s music students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Jamestown. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in North Dakota list. University of Jamestown is located in Jamestown, North Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s music degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Minot State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in North Dakota ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Minot, North Dakota, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s music degrees in 2020-2021.
University of North Dakota ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Music Major in North Dakota list. UND is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s music degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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