You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Woodwind Instruments Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified ’s woodwind instruments students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.