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2023 Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$14,196 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,036 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 106 degrees and certificates were awarded to music students who went to a Tennessee college or university. This makes it the #42 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Tennessee ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Tennessee 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee

Check out the music master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Tennessee - Knoxville the best value school in Tennessee for music students working on their master’s degree. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Knoxville are $13,380 per year.

UT Knoxville did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Middle Tennessee State University is a great value for music students working on their master’s degree. Middle Tennessee State University is a very large public school located in the city of Murfreesboro.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Middle Tennessee State University are $10,818 a year.

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#3

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Memphis is a great value for music students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofM are $10,908 per year.

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#3

Lee University

Cleveland, TN

Out of the 6 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Lee University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Cleveland, Lee University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Lee University graduate students pay an average of $15,050 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Music at Lee University

#5

Austin Peay State University

Clarksville, TN

The excellent master’s degree programs at Austin Peay State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in Tennessee. Austin Peay State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Clarksville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Austin Peay State University are $9,841 per year.

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#6

Belmont University

Nashville, TN

Belmont University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree music programs. Belmont is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Belmont are $25,180 per year.

Belmont also took the #3 spot in our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee rankings.

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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
Florida 285
Georgia 126
North Carolina 126
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.

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 6 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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