2023 Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Music Graduate Certificate School for You
Music is the #37 most popular major in the country with 7,675 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 17 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for music students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
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2023 Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the music graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Western Illinois University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for music students working on their graduate certificate. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WIU are $12,182 per year.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SIUE are $9,316 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Illinois University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NIU are $11,390 a year.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Ohio University - Athens Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in the Great Lakes Region . OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Athens.
OHIO Athens graduate students pay an average of $17,712 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 17 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at BGSU are $15,823 a year.
With a ranking of #6, Indiana University - South Bend did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students working on their graduate certificate. Indiana University - South Bend is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of South Bend.
Indiana University - South Bend graduate students pay an average of $18,592 in tuition and fees each year.
Michigan State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan State are $38,638 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Michigan State also did well on our Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Ball State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ball State is a very large public school located in the small city of Muncie.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ball State are $26,600 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Ball State also did well on our Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
DePaul University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate music programs. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
DePaul graduate students pay an average of $18,341 in tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #9, Roosevelt University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students working on their graduate certificate. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Roosevelt are $21,605 per year.
Best Music Colleges by State
Explore the best music colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 299 |
| Illinois | 423 |
| Ohio | 474 |
| Indiana | 298 |
| Wisconsin | 61 |
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Majors Related to Music
Music is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 17 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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