2023 Best Value Music Schools in Virginia
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Music School for You
Music is the #44 most popular major in Virginia with 168 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Music Schools in Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in Virginia 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.
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. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Music Schools in Virginia
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for music majors pursuing a .
Best Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in Music
Our 2023 rankings named James Madison University the best value school in Virginia for music students. JMU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Harrisonburg.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at JMU are $12,638 per year.
JMU also took the #5 spot in our Best Music Schools in Virginia rankings.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Liberty University is a great value for music students. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Liberty University are $16,160 per year.
The excellent programs at Radford University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in Virginia. Radford is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Radford.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Radford are $11,542 per year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Music Schools in Virginia list. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Virginia are $19,785 per year.
University of Virginia not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Music Schools in Virginia list.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means George Mason University is a great value for music students. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at GMU are $13,119 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, GMU also did well on our Best Music Schools in Virginia list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Virginia Commonwealth University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Schools in Virginia ranking. Located in the city of Richmond, VCU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at VCU are $15,028 a year.
Shenandoah University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Schools in Virginia ranking. Located in the small city of Winchester, Shenandoah is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Shenandoah are $34,490 per year.
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 |
|---|---|
| Florida | 285 |
| Georgia | 126 |
| North Carolina | 126 |
| Tennessee | 106 |
| Kentucky | 74 |
| Louisiana | 105 |
| Alabama | 35 |
| South Carolina | 44 |
| Mississippi | 66 |
| Arkansas | 53 |
| West Virginia | 32 |
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Majors Related to Music
Music is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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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