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2023 Best Value Music Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$5,907 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,963 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Associate Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, music was ranked #43 in the country. In fact 25,910 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

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 Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Music Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Music Associate Degree School

#1

Century College

White Bear Lake, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Century College the best value school in the Plains States Region for music students working on their associate degree. Century College is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of White Bear Lake.

Century College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,907 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Century College also did well on our Best Music Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Best Music Colleges by State

Explore the best music schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 372
Minnesota 262
Kansas 189
Iowa 227
Nebraska 129
North Dakota 76
South Dakota 33

Music is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

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 values are for the top school 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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