2023 Best Value Music Schools in Iowa

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Music School for You

Music is the #52 most popular major in Iowa with 48 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.

The Best Value Music Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Iowa 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.

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 Iowa

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

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality in Music

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA

7 Degrees

#7 in Quality in Iowa

$9,053 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Northern Iowa to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a degree in Iowa. UNI is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Cedar Falls.

UNI undergraduate students pay an average of $9,053 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

41 Degrees

#3 in Quality in Iowa

$9,942 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Iowa helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in Iowa. Iowa is a very large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Iowa are $9,942 per year.

Iowa did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Music Schools in Iowa list.

Full Music at University of Iowa Report

Best Value Music Colleges in the Plains States Region

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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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