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2022 Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
24 Degrees Awarded
$16,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 722 people earned their degree in voice performance, making the major the 516th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 47 voice performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 voice performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in voice performance. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great voice performance programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the voice performance program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Voice Performance (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Rice University

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s voice students in 2019-2020.

Rice did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $7,534 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Voice students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Rice.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Voice Performance at Rice University

#2

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northern Arizona University is a public institution located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree voice students whose families make $30-$48k list, NAU has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NAU is $9,799 for southwest region bachelor’s degree voice students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Voice Performance at NAU

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Central Oklahoma is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 5 bachelors’s voice degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Oklahoma is $13,381 for southwest region bachelor’s degree voice students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Voice Performance at University of Central Oklahoma

#4

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Tulsa. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s voice students in 2019-2020.

University of Tulsa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Tulsa is $16,983 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Voice students whose families make $30-$48k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Tulsa Voice Performance Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #5 spot on the list. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 5 bachelors’s voice degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree voice students whose families make $30-$48k list, SMU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SMU is $27,331 for southwest region bachelor’s degree voice students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Read full report on Voice Performance at Southern Methodist University

#6

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Texas Christian University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #6. TCU is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s voice degrees to qualified students.

TCU also made our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for TCU is $23,246 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Voice students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Voice Performance at Texas Christian University

#7 in overall quality

Houston Baptist University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. HBU is a small school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 4 bachelors’s voice degrees in 2019-2020.

HBU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Houston Baptist University is $17,593 for southwest region bachelor’s degree voice students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full HBU Voice Performance Report

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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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