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2023 Best Value Music Schools in Arizona

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$11,760 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,179 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music School for You

Music is the #46 most popular major in Arizona with 155 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Music Schools in Arizona ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Arizona 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Music Schools in Arizona

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Music Colleges.

Best Arizona Schools for Affordable Quality in Music

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ
$12,404 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Arizona the best value school in Arizona for music students. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the city of Tucson.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at University of Arizona are $12,404 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, University of Arizona is ranked #3 for overall quality for music in Arizona.

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$11,527 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northern Arizona University is a great value for music students. NAU is a very large public school located in the city of Flagstaff.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NAU are $11,527 a year.

Read full report on Music at Northern Arizona University

$11,348 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in Arizona. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ASU - Tempe are $11,348 a year.

ASU - Tempe also took the #2 spot in our Best Music Schools in Arizona rankings.

Read full report on Music at Arizona State University - Tempe

Best Value Music Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Music Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 598
Oklahoma 105
New Mexico 25

One of 9 majors within the area of study, music has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Music

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 3 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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