2023 Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Music Master's Degree School for You
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The Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 60 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for music students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
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2023 Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for music majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best Music Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found University of Central Arkansas to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Conway, UCA is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCA are $11,835 a year.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Liberty University is a great value for music students working on their master’s degree. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.
Liberty University graduate students pay an average of $8,360 in tuition and fees each year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Converse College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in the Southeast Region . Converse is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Spartanburg.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Converse are $7,698 a year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morehead State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Morehead State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Morehead.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Morehead State University are $10,557 per year.
Out of the 60 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the # 5 spot on the list. Southern Miss is a large public school located in the city of Hattiesburg.
Southern Miss graduate students pay an average of $11,204 in tuition and fees each year.
Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree music programs. A-State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Jonesboro.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at A-State are $11,408 per year.
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With a ranking of #7, Mississippi College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Clinton, MC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
MC graduate students pay an average of $12,796 in tuition and fees each year.
Eastern Kentucky University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the distant town of Richmond, Eastern is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Eastern are $13,800 per year.
Lee University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for music students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Lee University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Cleveland.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lee University are $15,050 per year.
With a ranking of #10, University of Arkansas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students working on their master’s degree. UARK is a very large public school located in the small city of Fayetteville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UARK are $22,563 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UARK also did well on our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Additional Noteworthy Schools
Here are some additional great value schools for Music graduate students in the Southeast Region seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | James Madison University | Harrisonburg, VA |
| 12 | Radford University | Radford, VA |
Best Music Colleges by State
Explore the best music colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Virginia | 168 |
| Florida | 285 |
| Georgia | 126 |
| North Carolina | 126 |
| Tennessee | 106 |
| Kentucky | 74 |
| Louisiana | 105 |
| Alabama | 35 |
| South Carolina | 44 |
| Mississippi | 66 |
| Arkansas | 53 |
| West Virginia | 32 |
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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 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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