by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Alabama” 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 Alabama, there were 276 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,221 and $24,863 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,476 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Alabama” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in music. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in music.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Alabama” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Alabama”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mobile landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Mobile, Alabama, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s music students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Alabama. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Alabama. USA is a public institution located in Mobile, Alabama. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Jacksonville State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Jacksonville, Alabama, this medium-sized public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s music students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Samford University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Alabama list. This medium-sized school is located in Birmingham, Alabama, and it awarded 2 masters’s music degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Alabama. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Alabama list. The University of Alabama is a large public school situated in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It awarded 10 masters’s music degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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