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2023 Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in Kansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$9,514 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,036 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Master's Degree School for You

With 87 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, music is the #29 most popular major in Kansas.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in Kansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Kansas 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.

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 Kansas

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

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

#1

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Our analysis found Kansas State University to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Kansas. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at K -State are $11,225 a year.

K -State also took the #1 spot in our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas rankings.

Read full report on Music at Kansas State University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Emporia State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas list. ESU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Emporia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at ESU are $8,532 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, ESU is ranked #5 for overall quality for music in Kansas.

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Out of the 4 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Wichita State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

WSU graduate students pay an average of $7,252 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Music at Wichita State University

#4

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas list. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at KU are $11,045 a year.

KU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas list.

Full Music at University of Kansas Report

Best Value Music Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 135
Minnesota 53
Iowa 48
Nebraska 52
North Dakota 14
South Dakota 12

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 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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