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2023 Best Value Music Schools in Minnesota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$14,552 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,587 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music School for You

With 53 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, music is the #61 most popular major in Minnesota.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Music Schools in Minnesota to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Minnesota 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Music Schools in Minnesota

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

Best Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality in Music

$13,850 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Minnesota - Duluth to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a degree in Minnesota. Located in the city of Duluth, UMN Duluth is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMN Duluth are $13,850 per year.

Full Music at University of Minnesota - Duluth Report

$15,254 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the # 2 spot on the list. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMN Twin Cities are $15,254 a year.

UMN Twin Cities did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Music Schools in Minnesota list.

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Best Value Music Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 135
Iowa 48
Kansas 87
Nebraska 52
North Dakota 14
South Dakota 12

More Music Rankings in Minnesota

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

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 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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