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2023 Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in Maryland

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$24,722 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,036 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 176 degrees and certificates were awarded to music students who went to a Maryland college or university. This makes it the #39 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Master's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Maryland to see which master's degree 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for music majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Music

#1

Towson University

Towson, MD

Our 2023 rankings named Towson University the best value school in Maryland for music students working on their master’s degree. Towson is a very large public school located in the small city of Towson.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Towson are $11,034 a year.

Read full report on Music at Towson University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. UMCP is a very large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.

UMCP graduate students pay an average of $16,995 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, UMCP is ranked #2 for overall quality for music in Maryland.

Full Music at University of Maryland - College Park Report

#3

Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD

The excellent master’s degree programs at Morgan State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in Maryland. Morgan State is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Baltimore.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Morgan State are $9,657 a year.

Read full report on Music at Morgan State University

#4

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Out of the 4 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Johns Hopkins are $61,202 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Johns Hopkins is ranked #1 for overall quality for music in Maryland.

Full Music at Johns Hopkins University Report

Best Value Music Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Music Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,070
Pennsylvania 306
New Jersey 126
District of Columbia 29
Delaware 26

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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