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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Tennessee

6 Ranked Colleges
92 Degrees Awarded
$27,481 Avg Salary
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Music Major in Tennessee

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Tennessee” 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 Tennessee, there were 831 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,086 and $23,758 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 92 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,060 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Tennessee” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Tennessee

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Tennessee”.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Music in Tennessee

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Belmont University
Nashville, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Belmont University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Tennessee list. This medium-sized school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 14 masters’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%.

Read more about Music at Belmont

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University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Tennessee list. This large school is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and it awarded 23 masters’s music degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Music at UofM

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Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, Tennessee

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin Peay State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Tennessee. This medium-sized school is located in Clarksville, Tennessee, and it awarded 14 masters’s music degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Music at Austin Peay State University

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 28 masters’s music degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Music Report

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Lee University
Cleveland, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lee University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Tennessee list. Lee University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Cleveland, Tennessee. It awarded 3 masters’s music degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Music at Lee University

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Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Middle Tennessee State University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Music Major in Tennessee list. Murfreesboro, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.

Full Middle Tennessee State University Music Report

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