2021 Best Music Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New York
9Colleges
1,206Bachelor's Degrees
$32,691Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Music Schools for Non-Traditional Students
In <nil>, 1,206 bachelor's degrees were awarded to music students who went to a New York college or university. This makes it the #35 most popular major in the state. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 7.8% of all the music bachelor's degrees in the country.
For this year's Best Music Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New York ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a bachelor's in music. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the music program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
The music school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Music Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
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The College of Saint Rose tops the 2021 list of our schools in New York that are best for non-traditional music students. Saint Rose is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Albany. Saint Rose not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for Music in New York list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.1%. Approximately 1,383 students take at least one class online at Saint Rose. 1,002 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize New York University as the #2 school in this year's rankings. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York. NYU also made our Best Colleges for Music in New York list, coming in at #4.
About 0.8% of NYU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 21,614 students take at least one class online at NYU. 8,829 students are part time.
The New School earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. New School University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York. As a testament to the quality of education offered at New School University, the school also landed the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Music in New York ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.1%. There are approximately 5,293 students at New School University that take at least one class online. About 1,257 of the students at New School University are attending part time.
SUNY Fredonia comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. SUNY Fredonia is a small public school located in the distant town of Fredonia. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, SUNY Fredonia has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Music in New York ranking.
About 2.3% of SUNY Fredonia students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 911 students take at least one class online at SUNY Fredonia. There are roughly 186 part time students in attendance at SUNY Fredonia.
Hunter College landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best music schools for non-traditional students. Hunter is a fairly large public school located in the large city of New York. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Hunter has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Music in New York ranking.
The student loan default rate at Hunter is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. Approximately 14,334 students take at least one class online at Hunter. About 8,678 of the students at Hunter are attending part time.
Purchase College comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the large suburb of Purchase, Purchase College is a public school with a small student population. Purchase College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Colleges for Music in New York list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.9%. There are approximately 2,516 students at Purchase College that take at least one class online. There are roughly 308 part time students in attendance at Purchase College.
Five Towns College earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Five Towns College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Dix Hills.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 3.7%. There are approximately 351 students at Five Towns College that take at least one class online. 42 of Five Towns College students are attending part time.
Mercy College landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best music schools for non-traditional students. Mercy is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dobbs Ferry.
The student loan default rate at Mercy is lower than is typical, just 1.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,765 students at Mercy that take at least one class online. About 2,556 of the students at Mercy are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize The City College of New York as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of New York, CCNY is a public college with a large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. There are approximately 7,864 students at CCNY that take at least one class online. 4,373 students are part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 9 schools only.
References
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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In <nil>, 1,206 bachelor's degrees were awarded to music students who went to a New York college or university. This makes it the #35 most popular major in the state. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 7.8% of all the music bachelor's degrees in the country.
