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2023 Best Value Music Schools in Louisiana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

7 Colleges
$21,807 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$20,417 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music School for You

Music is the #29 most popular major in Louisiana with 105 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Music Schools in Louisiana ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Louisiana 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.

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

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Music Schools in Louisiana

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

Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality in Music

$8,289 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Southeastern Louisiana University to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a degree in Louisiana. Southeastern is a fairly large public school located in the city of Hammond.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southeastern are $8,289 per year.

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$11,958 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 7 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Louisiana State University undergraduate students pay an average of $11,958 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Louisiana State University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Music Schools in Louisiana list.

Read full report on Music at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

$10,346 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Louisiana at Lafayette helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in Louisiana. UL Lafayette is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lafayette.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UL Lafayette are $10,346 a year.

Full Music at University of Louisiana at Lafayette Report

#4

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA
$9,072 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of New Orleans is a great value for music students. Located in the city of New Orleans, UNO is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNO are $9,072 a year.

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$8,672 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Northwestern State University of Louisiana helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in Louisiana. NSU is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Natchitoches.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NSU are $8,672 a year.

Read full report on Music at Northwestern State University of Louisiana

#6

Loyola University New Orleans

New Orleans, LA
$43,498 Average Tuition & Fees

Loyola University New Orleans did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for music students. It came in at #6 on the list. Loyola New Orleans is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Orleans.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Loyola New Orleans are $43,498 a year.

Loyola New Orleans did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Music Schools in Louisiana list.

Read full report on Music at Loyola University New Orleans

$60,814 Average Tuition & Fees

Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value music programs. Tulane is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Orleans.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Tulane are $60,814 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Tulane is ranked #1 for overall quality for music in Louisiana.

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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
Tennessee 106
Kentucky 74
Alabama 35
South Carolina 44
Mississippi 66
Arkansas 53
West Virginia 32

More Music Rankings in Louisiana

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 7 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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