2023 Best Value Music Doctor's Degree Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Music Doctor's Degree School for You
Music is the #37 most popular major in the country with 7,675 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
The Best Value Music Doctor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 90 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for music students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States
Check out the music doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 15% Best Music Doctor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found North Dakota State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. Located in the city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at North Dakota State University are $12,028 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, North Dakota State University also did well on our Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Liberty University graduate students pay an average of $8,360 in tuition and fees each year.
Out of the 90 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, The Graduate Center, CUNY landed the # 3 spot on the list. The Graduate Center is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of New York.
The Graduate Center graduate students pay an average of $23,640 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, The Graduate Center also is in the top 5% of our Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public college with a large student population.
Southern Miss graduate students pay an average of $11,204 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH are $18,871 per year.
The University of Texas at Austin did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for music students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.
UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $22,944 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UT Austin also is in the top 10% of our Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.
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Texas Tech University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.
Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree music programs. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UNL graduate students pay an average of $19,541 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Wisconsin - Madison came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.
UW - Madison graduate students pay an average of $25,501 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UW - Madison also did well on our Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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University of California - Berkeley came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Berkeley are $29,262 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UC Berkeley also is in the top 5% of our Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.
University of Memphis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for music students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list. Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UofM are $14,544 a year.
Bowling Green State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for music students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #12 on the list. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public school with a large student population.
BGSU graduate students pay an average of $15,823 in tuition and fees each year.
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Michigan State University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Michigan State are $38,638 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Michigan State also is in the top 20% of our Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.
Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value Music Doctor's Degree Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | University of North Texas | Denton, TX |
| 15 | University of California - Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
| 16 | James Madison University | Harrisonburg, VA |
| 17 | Florida State University | Tallahassee, FL |
| 18 | University of Virginia - Main Campus | Charlottesville, VA |
Music by Region
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| New England |
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Majors Related to Music
Music is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Music
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Fine & Studio Arts | 3,224 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 1,979 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 1,704 |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 1,699 |
| Arts & Media Management | 1,184 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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