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2023 Best Value Music Schools in Kansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$9,347 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,619 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music School for You

With 87 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, music is the #29 most popular major in Kansas.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Music Schools in Kansas ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Kansas 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 Kansas

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

Best Kansas Schools for Affordable Quality in Music

#1

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS
$10,420 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Kansas State University to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a degree in Kansas. K -State is a very large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at K -State are $10,420 per year.

K -State also made our Best Music Schools in Kansas list, coming in at #1.

Read full report on Music at Kansas State University

$7,001 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Emporia State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. ESU is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Emporia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ESU are $7,001 a year.

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$8,800 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wichita State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Music Schools in Kansas list. Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WSU are $8,800 a year.

Full Music at Wichita State University Report

#4

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS
$11,166 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Music Schools in Kansas list. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at KU are $11,166 per year.

KU also took the #2 spot in our Best Music Schools in Kansas rankings.

Read full report on Music at University of Kansas

Best Value Music Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 135
Minnesota 53
Iowa 48
Nebraska 52
North Dakota 14
South Dakota 12

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 4 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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