2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Woodwind Instruments in California

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In 2020-2021, 110 people earned their degree in woodwind instruments, making the major the 963rd most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 24 woodwind instruments graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 woodwind instruments graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,974 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Woodwind Instruments Major in California” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in woodwind instruments. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in woodwind instruments.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Woodwind Instruments Major in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree woodwind instruments students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Woodwind Instruments in California

1

San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco, California

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Woodwind Instruments Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, San Francisco Conservatory of Music landed the #1 spot on the list. San Francisco Conservatory of Music is a small school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 4 masters’s woodwind instruments degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.

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2

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

#4 overall quality in California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Woodwind Instruments Major in California. USC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Woodwind Instruments at USC

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.