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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Stringed Instruments in California (With Aid)

4 Ranked Colleges
22 Degrees Awarded
$34,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Bachelor's in California For Those Getting Aid

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 “Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 545 people earned their degree in stringed instruments, making the major the 599th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 69 stringed instruments graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 stringed instruments graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in stringed instruments. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality stringed instruments programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the stringed instruments program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Stringed Instruments in California (With Aid)

#1

University of Redlands

Redlands, California
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Redlands landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Redlands is a small school located in Redlands, California that handed out 2 bachelors’s stringed instruments degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Redlands also took the #4 spot in our “Best Stringed Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. It costs about $27,958 for California Bachelor’s Degree Stringed Instruments students with aid per year to attend University of Redlands.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Stringed Instruments at University of Redlands

#2

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s stringed instruments students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our california bachelor’s degree stringed instruments students with aid list, USC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Stringed Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. It costs about $29,528 for california bachelor’s degree stringed instruments students with aid per year to attend University of Southern California.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Stringed Instruments at USC

#3

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

San Francisco, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco Conservatory of Music. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. San Francisco, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s stringed instruments degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SFCM, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Stringed Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for San Francisco Conservatory of Music is $37,649 for California Bachelor’s Degree Stringed Instruments students with aid.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full San Francisco Conservatory of Music Stringed Instruments Report

#4

Chapman University

Orange, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chapman University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. Chapman is a medium-sized school located in Orange, California that handed out 5 bachelors’s stringed instruments degrees in 2019-2020.

Chapman also made our “Best Stringed Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Chapman is $41,350 for california bachelor’s degree stringed instruments students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.

Read full report on Stringed Instruments at Chapman University

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Notes and References

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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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