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2022 Best Value Woodwind Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k

8 Ranked Colleges
55 Degrees Awarded
$33,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Woodwind Instruments Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Woodwind Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Woodwind Instruments is the 872nd most popular major in the country with 145 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 55 woodwind instruments graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Woodwind Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in woodwind instruments. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great woodwind instruments programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the woodwind instruments 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 Woodwind Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree woodwind instruments students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Woodwind Instruments (Income $75-$110k)

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Woodwind Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s woodwind instruments students in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt also took the #1 spot in our “Best Woodwind Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $14,890 for bachelor’s degree woodwind instruments students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Vanderbilt.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

Read full report on Woodwind Instruments at Vanderbilt University

#2

Rice University

Houston, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Woodwind Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rice University landed the #2 spot on the list. Rice University is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 3 bachelors’s woodwind instruments degrees in 2019-2020.

Rice did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Woodwind Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Rice is $24,321 for Bachelor’s Degree Woodwind Instruments students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. 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%.

Read more about Woodwind Instruments at Rice University

#3

Manhattan School of Music

New York, New York
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Manhattan School of Music. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Woodwind Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k. Manhattan School of Music is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree woodwind instruments students whose families make $75-$110k list, Manhattan School of Music has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Woodwind Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Manhattan School of Music is $64,490 for Bachelor’s Degree Woodwind Instruments students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national 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.

Read more about Woodwind Instruments at Manhattan School of Music

#4

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Woodwind Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s woodwind instruments students in 2019-2020.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Woodwind Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $30,858 for Bachelor’s Degree Woodwind Instruments students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend USC.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Woodwind Instruments at USC

#5

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois
#9 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Roosevelt University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Woodwind Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k. This small school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s woodwind instruments degrees in 2019-2020.

Roosevelt also made our “Best Woodwind Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #9. The estimated yearly cost for Roosevelt University is $23,695 for bachelor’s degree woodwind instruments students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Woodwind Instruments at Roosevelt

#6

Ithaca College

Ithaca, New York
#4 in overall quality

Ithaca College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Woodwind Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Located in Ithaca, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s woodwind instruments students in 2019-2020.

Ithaca also made our “Best Woodwind Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $32,474 for bachelor’s degree woodwind instruments students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Ithaca.

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. The low student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%.

Read full report on Woodwind Instruments at Ithaca College

#7

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

San Francisco, California
#6 in overall quality

San Francisco Conservatory of Music ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Woodwind Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. SFCM is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Francisco, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree woodwind instruments students whose families make $75-$110k list, SFCM has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Woodwind Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $39,757 for Bachelor’s Degree Woodwind Instruments students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend SFCM.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full San Francisco Conservatory of Music Woodwind Instruments Report

#8

The Juilliard School

New York, New York
#5 in overall quality

The Juilliard School landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Woodwind Instruments Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Juilliard is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Juilliard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Woodwind Instruments Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for The Juilliard School is $35,284 for Bachelor’s Degree Woodwind Instruments students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full The Juilliard School Woodwind Instruments Report

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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