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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Voice Performance in the Southwest Region

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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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” 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the voice performance program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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

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

#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 #1 for the Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s voice students 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. It costs about $16,562 for southwest region bachelor’s degree voice students per year to attend University of Central Oklahoma.

Read more about Voice Performance at University of Central Oklahoma

#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 that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #2 spot on the list. NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s voice degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NAU, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Arizona University is $12,915 for southwest region bachelor’s degree voice students.

Read more about Voice Performance at NAU

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Baptist University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s voice degrees in 2019-2020.

HBU also took the #7 spot in our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for HBU is $19,962 for southwest region bachelor’s degree voice students.

Full Houston Baptist University Voice Performance Report

#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 list. University of Tulsa is a small school located in Tulsa, Oklahoma that handed out 2 bachelors’s voice degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree voice students list, University of Tulsa has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Tulsa is $20,936 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Voice students.

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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Voice Performance at University of Tulsa

#5

Rice University

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Rice is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree voice students list, Rice has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $16,999 for southwest region bachelor’s degree voice students per year to attend Rice.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Voice Performance at Rice

#6

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Texas Christian University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s voice students in 2019-2020.

TCU also made our “Best Voice Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $36,811 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Voice students per year to attend TCU.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Full Texas Christian University Voice Performance Report

#2 in overall quality

Southern Methodist University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Voice Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. 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.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national 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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