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2023 Best Value Music Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$21,942 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,302 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Doctor's Degree School for You

With 598 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, music is the #30 most popular major in Texas.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Value Music Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Texas 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for music majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Music

#1

University of Houston

Houston, TX

Our analysis found University of Houston to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Texas. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UH are $9,727 a year.

UH excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $12,050 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UT Austin is ranked #3 for overall quality for music in Texas.

Full Music at The University of Texas at Austin Report

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $9,518 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 6 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $8,256 per year.

Read full report on Music at University of North Texas

#5

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Texas Christian University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in Texas. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

TCU graduate students pay an average of $32,268 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

TCU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

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#6

Rice University

Houston, TX

With a ranking of #6, Rice University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students working on their doctor’s degree. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rice are $49,941 per year.

Rice also took the #1 spot in our Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas rankings.

Full Music at Rice University Report

Best Value Music Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 155
Oklahoma 105
New Mexico 25

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

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 6 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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