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2023 Best Value Music Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$8,255 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,963 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Associate Degree School for You

Music is the #43 most popular major in the country with 25,910 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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

The Best Value Music Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree 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 Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Music

Our analysis found Milwaukee Area Technical College to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Milwaukee, MATC is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MATC are $6,908 per year.

Read full report on Music at Milwaukee Area Technical College

Out of the 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sinclair Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Dayton, Sinclair Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Sinclair Community College are $8,076 per year.

Full Music at Sinclair Community College Report

#3

Owens Community College

Perrysburg, OH

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Owens Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Music Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Owens State Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Perrysburg.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Owens State Community College are $9,782 a year. Music majors at Owens State Community College take out an average of $13,231 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Full Music at Owens Community College Report

Best Music Colleges by State

Explore the best music schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 734
Ohio 1,138
Illinois 1,129
Indiana 660
Wisconsin 359

One of 10 majors within the area of study, music has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 37,413
Design & Applied Arts 36,301
Drama & Theater Arts 17,341
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 16,778
General Visual & Performing Arts 6,355

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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