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2023 Best Value Music Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

19 Colleges
$17,981 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,396 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music School for You

With 598 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, music is the #30 most popular major in Texas.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 19 schools in Texas 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.

2023 Best Value Music Schools in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for music majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Music Schools

$9,892 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - Kingsville the best value school in Texas for music students. Located in the town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas A&M Kingsville are $9,892 per year.

Read full report on Music at Texas A&M University - Kingsville

$9,544 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at El Paso is a great value for music students. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UTEP are $9,544 a year.

Full Music at The University of Texas at El Paso Report

$9,202 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Music Schools in Texas list. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized public school located in the fringe town of Canyon.

West Texas A&M University undergraduate students pay an average of $9,202 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Music at West Texas A&M University Report

$9,541 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 19 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the # 4 spot on the list. UT Rio Grande Valley is a very large public school located in the city of Edinburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UT Rio Grande Valley are $9,541 a year.

Read full report on Music at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

$10,026 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - Commerce is a great value for music students. Located in the distant town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public school with a large student population.

Texas A&M Commerce undergraduate students pay an average of $10,026 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$8,960 Average Tuition & Fees

Sam Houston State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Schools in Texas ranking. SHSU is a very large public school located in the town of Huntsville.

SHSU undergraduate students pay an average of $8,960 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$8,394 Average Tuition & Fees

Texas Woman’s University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value music programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a large student population.

TWU undergraduate students pay an average of $8,394 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$10,600 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #8, Stephen F Austin State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students. SFASU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Nacogdoches.

SFASU undergraduate students pay an average of $10,600 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Music at Stephen F Austin State University Report

#9

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX
$11,852 Average Tuition & Fees

Texas Tech University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Schools in Texas ranking. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $11,852 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Texas Tech is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Music Schools in Texas list.

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$11,752 Average Tuition & Fees

The University of Texas at Austin ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Music Schools in Texas list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Austin are $11,752 per year.

UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Music Schools in Texas list.

Full Music at The University of Texas at Austin Report

Best Value Music Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 155
Oklahoma 105
New Mexico 25

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 19 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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