2023 Best Value Music Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Music School for You

With 32 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, music is the #45 most popular major in West Virginia.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 West Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in West Virginia 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 West Virginia

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

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in Music

#1

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

27 Degrees

#3 in Quality in West Virginia

$9,144 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found West Virginia University to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a degree in West Virginia. Located in the small city of Morgantown, WVU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WVU are $9,144 a year.

WVU also took the #3 spot in our Best Music Schools in West Virginia rankings.

Full Music at West Virginia University Report

#2

Marshall University

Huntington, WV

5 Degrees

#9 in Quality in West Virginia

$8,552 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marshall University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Music Schools in West Virginia list. Marshall University is a large public school located in the small city of Huntington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Marshall University are $8,552 a year.

Full Music at Marshall University Report

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Majors Related to Music

Music is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Music

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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