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2023 Most Well Attended Music Major in Colorado for a Master’s

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Most Well Attended Music Major in Colorado for a Master's

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Music Major in Colorado for a Master’s” 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 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 “Most Well Attended Music Major in Colorado for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in music. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in music.

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Most Well Attended Music Major in Colorado for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree music students.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Music Major in Colorado for a Master’s. Colorado State 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.

Read full report on Music at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Music Major in Colorado for a Master’s. 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.

Full University of Colorado Boulder Music Report

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University of Denver
Denver, Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Music Major in Colorado for a Master’s list. DU is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 38 masters’s music degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.

Full University of Denver Music Report

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Music Major in Colorado for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Northern Colorado is located in Greeley, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 33 masters’s music degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Northern Colorado Music Report

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Music Major in Colorado for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. CU Anschutz is a large public school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 12 masters’s music degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full CU Anschutz Music Report

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