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2023 Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

19 Colleges
$13,823 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,036 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Master's Degree School for You

With 598 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, music is the #30 most popular major in Texas.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Texas ranking. This report analyzed 19 schools in Texas 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in Texas

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 Texas A&M University - Kingsville to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Texas. Located in the town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Texas A&M Kingsville graduate students pay an average of $6,157 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at The University of Texas at El Paso helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in Texas. UTEP is a very large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

UTEP graduate students pay an average of $7,166 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Canyon.

West Texas A&M University graduate students pay an average of $7,282 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Edinburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Rio Grande Valley are $8,333 a year.

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Out of the 19 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M Commerce are $7,338 per year.

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Sam Houston State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. SHSU is a very large public school located in the town of Huntsville.

SHSU graduate students pay an average of $8,666 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Texas Woman’s University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at TWU are $7,704 a year.

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Stephen F Austin State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. SFASU is a large public school located in the remote town of Nacogdoches.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SFASU are $7,433 per year.

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#9

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

With a ranking of #9, Texas Tech University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students working on their master’s degree. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $9,518 per year.

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

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The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree music programs. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

UT Arlington graduate students pay an average of $10,853 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Music Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 155
Oklahoma 105
New Mexico 25

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 19 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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