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2023 Best Value Music Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$27,346 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,302 Avg Salary

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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Music Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Music Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Music

Our analysis found University of Northern Colorado to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greeley.

University of Northern Colorado graduate students pay an average of $22,379 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Utah helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of U are $25,705 per year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Colorado Boulder helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CU - Boulder are $33,953 a year.

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Best Music Colleges by State

Explore the best music colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 223
Utah 90
Idaho 18
Montana 3
Wyoming 15

Music is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar 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 3 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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