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2023 Best Value Music Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$19,800 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,302 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Doctor's Degree School for You

With 474 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, music is the #16 most popular major in Ohio.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Music Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Ohio to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for music students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio

Check out the music doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Ohio Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Music

Our 2023 rankings named Ohio State University - Main Campus the best value school in Ohio for music students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Ohio State are $12,425 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio list. BGSU is a large public school located in the town of Bowling Green.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at BGSU are $9,831 per year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a great value for music students working on their doctor’s degree. UC is a very large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.

UC graduate students pay an average of $14,902 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Cleveland Institute of Music. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio list. Located in the city of Cleveland, Cleveland Institute of Music is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Cleveland Institute of Music are $42,040 a year.

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Best Value Music Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Music Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 299
Illinois 423
Indiana 298
Wisconsin 61

One of 9 majors within the area of study, music has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 4 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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