2023 Best Value Music Schools in New York
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Music School for You
Music is the #21 most popular major in New York with 1,070 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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 Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 23 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best value 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.
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2023 Best Value Music Schools in New York
Check out the music programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Music Schools
Our 2023 rankings named The Graduate Center, CUNY the best value school in New York for music students. The Graduate Center is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of New York.
The Graduate Center undergraduate students pay an average of $7,410 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, The Graduate Center is ranked #3 for overall quality for music in New York.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Brooklyn College is a great value for music students. Located in the city of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College is a public college with a large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Brooklyn College are $7,440 per year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Binghamton University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Music Schools in New York list. Located in the midsize suburb of Vestal, Binghamton University is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Binghamton University are $10,390 per year.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means SUNY Fredonia is a great value for music students. SUNY Fredonia is a small public school located in the distant town of Fredonia.
SUNY Fredonia undergraduate students pay an average of $8,760 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hunter College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Music Schools in New York list. Hunter is a fairly large public school located in the large city of New York.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Hunter are $7,382 a year.
University at Buffalo came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Schools in New York ranking. Located in the suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public college with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University at Buffalo are $10,782 per year.
Ithaca College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value music programs. Located in the small suburb of Ithaca, Ithaca is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ithaca are $46,760 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Ithaca also is in the top 10% of our Best Music Schools in New York ranking.
With a ranking of #8, Stony Brook University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students. SUNY Stony Brook is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Stony Brook.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SUNY Stony Brook are $10,455 a year.
With a ranking of #9, Nazareth College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students. Nazareth is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Rochester.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Nazareth are $37,590 a year.
Queens College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for music students. It came in at #10 on the list. QC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Queens.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at QC are $7,538 per year.
Best Value Music Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
Explore all the Best Value Music Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 306 |
| Maryland | 176 |
| New Jersey | 126 |
| District of Columbia | 29 |
| Delaware | 26 |
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Majors Related to Music
Music is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related 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 23 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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