2023 Best Value Music Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Music School for You
Music is the #37 most popular major in the country with 7,675 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
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 the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 28 schools in the Southwest Region 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 the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for music majors pursuing a .
Top 10 Best Music Schools
Our analysis found West Texas A&M University to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . West Texas A&M University is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Canyon.
West Texas A&M University undergraduate students pay an average of $11,208 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Music Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the distant town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas A&M Kingsville are $25,746 per year.
The excellent programs at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in the Southwest Region . UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Edinburg.
UT Rio Grande Valley undergraduate students pay an average of $19,333 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Sam Houston State University is a great value for music students. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Huntsville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SHSU are $18,752 per year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Music Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas A&M Commerce are $22,266 per year.
The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value music programs. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the city of El Paso.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UTEP are $24,952 a year.
With a ranking of #7, Texas Woman’s University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students. Located in the city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a large student population.
TWU undergraduate students pay an average of $18,186 in tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #8, Texas Tech University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas Tech are $24,121 per year.
Texas Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Music Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
Stephen F Austin State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Music Schools in the Southwest Region list. SFASU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Nacogdoches.
SFASU undergraduate students pay an average of $21,616 in tuition and fees each year.
The University of Texas at Austin ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Music Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Austin are $40,996 per year.
UT Austin also took the #2 spot in our Best Music Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.
Best Music Colleges by State
Explore the best music colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 598 |
| Arizona | 155 |
| Oklahoma | 105 |
| New Mexico | 25 |
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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 25 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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