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2023 Best Value Music Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

7 Colleges
$15,290 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$22,568 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music School for You

Music is the #51 most popular major in North Carolina with 126 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Music Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in North Carolina 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 North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Music

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named East Carolina University the best value school in North Carolina for music students. ECU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ECU are $7,297 a year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a great value for music students. Located in the large city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNC Greensboro are $7,468 per year.

Full Music at University of North Carolina at Greensboro Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Appalachian State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Music Schools in North Carolina list. Appalachian State is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Boone.

Appalachian State undergraduate students pay an average of $7,410 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Music at Appalachian State University

Out of the 7 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNC Chapel Hill are $9,028 per year.

UNC Chapel Hill also made our Best Music Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #2.

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$8,941 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 7 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina School of the Arts landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Winston-Salem, UNCSA is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNCSA are $8,941 a year.

Read full report on Music at University of North Carolina School of the Arts

With a ranking of #6, North Carolina Central University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students. Located in the large city of Durham, North Carolina Central University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Carolina Central University are $6,644 per year.

Read full report on Music at North Carolina Central University

#7

Duke University

Durham, NC
$60,244 Average Tuition & Fees

Duke University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Music Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Duke are $60,244 a year.

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

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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
Tennessee 106
Kentucky 74
Louisiana 105
Alabama 35
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 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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