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. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Colorado” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Colorado, there were 554 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,067 and $24,472 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 183 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,172 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Colorado” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in music. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their music program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Colorado”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Greeley, Colorado, this fairly large public school awarded 33 degrees to qualified masters’s music students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #2 spot on the list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s music degrees to 38 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, 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 Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Colorado. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a public institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 53 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Colorado list. CU - Boulder is a large school located in Boulder, Colorado that handed out 47 masters’s music degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
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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