2023 Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States 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.
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Plains States Region 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.
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.
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2023 Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for music majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Music
Our analysis found Missouri State University - Springfield to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Springfield.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Missouri State are $12,618 a year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in the Plains States Region . Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.
Mizzou graduate students pay an average of $28,550 in tuition and fees each year.
Mizzou excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.
Out of the 3 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public college with a large student population.
UMKC graduate students pay an average of $27,803 in tuition and fees each year.
Best Music Colleges by State
Explore the best music schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 135 |
| Minnesota | 53 |
| Iowa | 48 |
| Kansas | 87 |
| Nebraska | 52 |
| North Dakota | 14 |
| South Dakota | 12 |
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Majors Related to Music
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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