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2023 Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$22,897 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$19,244 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Graduate Certificate 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.

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 Ohio ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Ohio to see which graduate certificate 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Colleges.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Ohio University - Athens Campus the best value school in Ohio for music students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public school with a fairly large student population.

OHIO Athens graduate students pay an average of $9,720 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is a great value for music students working on their graduate certificate. 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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#3

Oberlin College

Oberlin, OH

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Oberlin College is a great value for music students working on their graduate certificate. Oberlin is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Oberlin.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Oberlin are $29,995 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cleveland Institute of Music. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Music Graduate Certificate 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.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cleveland Institute of Music are $42,040 per year.

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Best Value Music Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Music Colleges 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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