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2023 Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in Florida

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$14,099 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,036 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 285 degrees and certificates were awarded to music students who went to a Florida college or university. This makes it the #43 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in Florida ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Florida 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in Florida

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Music Master's Degree Colleges.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Central Florida the best value school in Florida for music students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCF are $8,872 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UCF also is in the top 20% of our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Florida ranking.

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#2

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Florida Atlantic University is a great value for music students working on their master’s degree. FAU is a very large public school located in the small city of Boca Raton.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at FAU are $6,693 a year.

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#3

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Florida helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in Florida. UF is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UF are $12,737 per year.

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

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#4

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Florida State University is a great value for music students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Florida State are $11,553 a year.

Florida State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list.

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Out of the 8 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at FIU are $11,106 per year.

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University of South Florida - Main Campus 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 #6 on the list. USF Tampa is a very large public school located in the city of Tampa.

USF Tampa graduate students pay an average of $10,428 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, FL

University of North Florida 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 #7 on the list. UNF is a large public school located in the large city of Jacksonville.

UNF graduate students pay an average of $10,364 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#8

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

With a ranking of #8, University of Miami did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

U Miami graduate students pay an average of $41,036 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

U Miami did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list.

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Best Value Music Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 168
Georgia 126
North Carolina 126
Tennessee 106
Kentucky 74
Louisiana 105
Alabama 35
South Carolina 44
Mississippi 66
Arkansas 53
West Virginia 32

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 8 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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