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2023 Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$9,914 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$19,244 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Graduate Certificate School for You

Music is the #29 most popular major in Indiana with 298 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. 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.

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 Indiana ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Indiana 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for music majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Indiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Music

Our analysis found Indiana University - South Bend to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Indiana. 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 $8,270 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Out of the 3 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Ball State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Muncie.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Ball State are $10,144 a year.

Ball State also made our Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list, coming in at #2.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Indiana University - Bloomington helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in Indiana. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a very large student population.

IU Bloomington graduate students pay an average of $11,329 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, IU Bloomington is ranked #3 for overall quality for music in Indiana.

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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
Ohio 474
Wisconsin 61

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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