2023 Best Value Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in Florida
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Music Bachelor's Degree School for You
Music is the #38 most popular major in Florida with 1,223 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 16 schools in Florida to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for music students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Music Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Florida the best value school in Florida for music students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UF are $6,381 a year.
UF also made our Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida list, coming in at #1.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida list. Florida State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tallahassee.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Florida State are $6,517 per year. Music majors at Florida State take out an average of $21,058 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
Florida State also took the #5 spot in our Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida rankings.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Florida Atlantic University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in Florida. Located in the small city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
FAU undergraduate students pay an average of $4,879 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida list. UCF is a very large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCF are $6,368 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UCF is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida list.
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Out of the 16 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Gulf Coast University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Fort Myers, FGCU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FGCU are $6,118 per year.
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The University of West Florida ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida list. Located in the small city of Pensacola, UWF is a public college with a large student population.
UWF undergraduate students pay an average of $5,776 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree music programs. Located in the large city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USF Tampa are $6,410 per year.
USF Tampa also claimed a spot on our Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Florida International University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for music students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. FIU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Miami.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at FIU are $6,565 a year. The average amount in student loans that music majors at FIU take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $23,764.
In addition to its great value ranking, FIU is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida list.
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With a ranking of #9, University of North Florida did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Jacksonville, UNF is a public school with a large student population.
UNF undergraduate students pay an average of $5,964 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Music majors at UNF take out an average of $20,183 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree music programs. Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Florida A&M University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Florida A&M University undergraduate students pay an average of $5,785 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Request InformationBest Value Music Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Music Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 472 |
| Virginia | 632 |
| North Carolina | 511 |
| Tennessee | 804 |
| Kentucky | 284 |
| South Carolina | 204 |
| Louisiana | 315 |
| Arkansas | 184 |
| Alabama | 276 |
| Mississippi | 182 |
| West Virginia | 93 |
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Music Related Majors for Music
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Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 16 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.