2023 Best Value Music Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Music 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Music Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 39 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which 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.
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2023 Best Value Music Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for music majors pursuing a .
Top 10 Best Music Schools
Our analysis found Columbia College Chicago to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Columbia is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Columbia are $27,786 a year.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Youngstown State University is a great value for music students. Youngstown State University is a large public school located in the small city of Youngstown.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Youngstown State University are $9,732 per year.
The excellent programs at Western Illinois University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in the Great Lakes Region . WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.
WIU undergraduate students pay an average of $13,297 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Music Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SIUE are $11,496 per year.
The excellent programs at Illinois State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Illinois State are $24,172 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Illinois State also is in the top 20% of our Best Music Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
With a ranking of #6, Northern Illinois University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a large student population.
NIU undergraduate students pay an average of $14,738 in tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #7, Eastern Illinois University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students. EIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Charleston.
EIU undergraduate students pay an average of $14,551 in tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #8, University of Akron Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students. University of Akron Main Campus is a large public school located in the city of Akron.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,880 a year.
Indiana State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value music programs. Located in the city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Indiana State are $20,862 a year.
Bowling Green State University - Main Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
BGSU undergraduate students pay an average of $21,050 in tuition and fees each 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 25 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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