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2023 Best Value Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

9 Colleges
$19,010 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,068 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Bachelor's Degree School for You

Music is the #36 most popular major in Louisiana with 315 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in Louisiana 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.

2023 Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Music Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Music

Our 2023 rankings named Southeastern Louisiana University the best value school in Louisiana for music students working on their bachelor’s degree. Southeastern is a fairly large public school located in the city of Hammond.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southeastern are $8,289 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, music graduates from Southeastern carry an average student debtload of $24,682.

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#2

McNeese State University

Lake Charles, LA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McNeese State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. McNeese is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Lake Charles.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at McNeese are $8,380 a year.

McNeese not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list.

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Out of the 9 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Louisiana State University are $11,958 per year. The average amount in student loans that music majors at Louisiana State University take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $23,281.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Louisiana State University is ranked #1 for overall quality for music in Louisiana.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. UL Lafayette is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Lafayette.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UL Lafayette are $10,346 a year.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Louisiana Tech University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in Louisiana. Located in the town of Ruston, Louisiana Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Louisiana Tech are $10,065 a year.

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Northwestern State University of Louisiana ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. NSU is a large public school located in the remote town of Natchitoches.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NSU are $8,672 a year.

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#7

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

With a ranking of #7, University of New Orleans did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of New Orleans, UNO is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

UNO undergraduate students pay an average of $9,072 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Tulane University of Louisiana 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. Tulane is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Orleans.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Tulane are $60,814 a year.

Tulane also took the #2 spot in our Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana rankings.

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#9

Loyola University New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

Loyola University New Orleans came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. Loyola New Orleans is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Orleans.

Loyola New Orleans undergraduate students pay an average of $43,498 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best 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
Florida 1,223
Tennessee 804
Kentucky 284
South Carolina 204
Arkansas 184
Alabama 276
Mississippi 182
West Virginia 93

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 9 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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