2023 Best Value Music Schools in Illinois
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Music School for You
With 423 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, music is the #30 most popular major in Illinois.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.
The Best Value Music Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 11 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value programs for music students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
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2023 Best Value Music Schools in Illinois
Check out the music programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Music Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Columbia College Chicago the best value school in Illinois for music students. Located in the city of Chicago, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Columbia are $27,786 per year.
Out of the 11 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Illinois University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Charleston, EIU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at EIU are $12,297 per year.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Illinois State University is a great value for music students. Illinois State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal.
Illinois State undergraduate students pay an average of $13,968 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Illinois State also made our Best Music Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #5.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Music Schools in Illinois list. Located in the town of Macomb, WIU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
WIU undergraduate students pay an average of $13,297 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
The excellent programs at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in Illinois. SIUE is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Edwardsville.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SIUE are $11,496 per year.
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With a ranking of #6, Northern Illinois University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students. NIU is a large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NIU are $14,738 per year.
With a ranking of #7, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIUC are $17,634 per year.
UIUC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Music Schools in Illinois list.
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Music Schools in Illinois list. SIUC is a large public school located in the small city of Carbondale.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SIUC are $15,240 a year.
Roosevelt University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the large city of Chicago, Roosevelt is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Roosevelt are $31,493 a year.
DePaul University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for music students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
DePaul undergraduate students pay an average of $42,012 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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 |
| Ohio | 474 |
| Indiana | 298 |
| Wisconsin | 61 |
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Music Related Majors for Music
One of 9 majors within the area of study, music has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related 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 11 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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