2022 Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Stringed Instruments is the 599th most popular major in the country with 545 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 42 stringed instruments graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 stringed instruments graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality stringed instruments programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the stringed instruments program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree stringed instruments students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Stringed Instruments in the Southwest Region

#1

Rice University

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$47,913 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Stringed Instruments Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rice University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 26 diplomas to qualified masters’s stringed instruments students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rice, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Stringed Instruments Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rice University are $47,913, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Stringed Instruments at Rice

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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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