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2023 Best Value Music Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$16,649 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,086 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music School for You

In 2020-2021, 106 degrees and certificates were awarded to music students who went to a Tennessee college or university. This makes it the #42 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Music Schools in Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Tennessee 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. 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 Schools in Tennessee

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

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality in Music

$13,244 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found The University of Tennessee - Knoxville to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a degree in Tennessee. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public school located in the city of Knoxville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Knoxville are $13,244 per year.

UT Knoxville not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Music Schools in Tennessee list.

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$9,232 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Middle Tennessee State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in Tennessee. Middle Tennessee State University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Murfreesboro.

Middle Tennessee State University undergraduate students pay an average of $9,232 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN
$10,056 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Memphis landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UofM are $10,056 per year.

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#4

Lee University

Cleveland, TN
$20,500 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Lee University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Cleveland, Lee University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lee University are $20,500 per year.

Read full report on Music at Lee University

#5

Austin Peay State University

Clarksville, TN
$8,431 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Peay State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Austin Peay State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Clarksville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Austin Peay State University are $8,431 a year.

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#6

Belmont University

Nashville, TN
$38,430 Average Tuition & Fees

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Belmont are $38,430 a year.

Belmont also made our Best Music Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #2.

Read full report on Music at Belmont University

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
Kentucky 74
Louisiana 105
Alabama 35
South Carolina 44
Mississippi 66
Arkansas 53
West Virginia 32

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 6 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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