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 South Carolina” 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 South Carolina, there were 217 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,928 and $25,750 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,605 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in South Carolina” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in South Carolina” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that 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 South Carolina”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Converse College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in South Carolina. Converse is a small school located in Spartanburg, South Carolina that handed out 2 masters’s music degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in South Carolina list. This large school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 20 masters’s music degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bob Jones University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in South Carolina. Bob Jones University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Greenville, South Carolina. It awarded 1 masters’s music degrees 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Winthrop University landed the #4 spot on the list. Winthrop University is located in Rock Hill, South Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s music degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Coastal Carolina University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in South Carolina. This fairly large school is located in Conway, South Carolina, and it awarded 3 masters’s music degrees in 2020-2021.
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