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2023 Best Value Music Schools in Alabama

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$10,499 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,221 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music School for You

With 35 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, music is the #75 most popular major in Alabama.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Music Schools in Alabama ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Alabama to see which 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.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Music Schools in Alabama

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for music majors pursuing a .

Best Alabama Schools for Affordable Quality in Music

$8,756 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of South Alabama the best value school in Alabama for music students. USA is a large public school located in the midsize city of Mobile.

USA undergraduate students pay an average of $8,756 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL
$11,620 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Alabama is a great value for music students. Located in the city of Tuscaloosa, UA is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UA are $11,620 per year.

UA also made our Best Music Schools in Alabama list, coming in at #4.

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#3

Jacksonville State University

Jacksonville, AL
$11,120 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jacksonville State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Music Schools in Alabama list. Jacksonville State University is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Jacksonville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Jacksonville State University are $11,120 a year.

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Best Value Music Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 168
Florida 285
Georgia 126
North Carolina 126
Tennessee 106
Kentucky 74
Louisiana 105
South Carolina 44
Mississippi 66
Arkansas 53
West Virginia 32

One of 9 majors within the area of study, music has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 3 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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