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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Voice Performance in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

7 Ranked Colleges
24 Degrees Awarded
$22,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in voice performance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality voice performance 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 voice performance program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree voice students with aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Voice Performance in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Rice University

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rice University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 3 bachelors’s voice degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rice, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rice is $16,999 for southwest region bachelor’s degree voice students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Rice University Voice Performance Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s voice students in 2019-2020.

UCO also took the #5 spot in our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $16,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Voice students with aid per year to attend UCO.

Read more about Voice Performance at University of Central Oklahoma

#3

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Northern Arizona University is a large public school situated in Flagstaff, Arizona. It awarded 1 bachelors’s voice degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree voice students with aid list, NAU has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,915 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Voice students with aid per year to attend Northern Arizona University.

Read full report on Voice Performance at NAU

#4

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Tulsa. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s voice students in 2019-2020.

University of Tulsa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Tulsa is $20,936 for southwest region bachelor’s degree voice students with aid.

The low 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 impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full University of Tulsa Voice Performance Report

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Houston Baptist University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. HBU is a small school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 4 bachelors’s voice degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at HBU, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Houston Baptist University is $19,962 for southwest region bachelor’s degree voice students with aid.

Full Houston Baptist University Voice Performance Report

#6

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Texas Christian University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s voice degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

TCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Christian University is $36,811 for southwest region bachelor’s degree voice students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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 more about Voice Performance at TCU

#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Southern Methodist University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s voice degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SMU is $36,222 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Voice students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Southern Methodist University 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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