2023 Best Value Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Music Bachelor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 182 degrees and certificates were awarded to music students who went to a Mississippi college or university. This makes it the #42 most popular major in the state.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Mississippi to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for music students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Mississippi Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Music
Our analysis found University of Mississippi to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Mississippi. Located in the remote town of University, Ole Miss is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Ole Miss are $9,044 a year.
Ole Miss did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Mississippi State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in Mississippi. Located in the town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mississippi State are $9,220 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Mississippi State is ranked #3 for overall quality for music in Mississippi.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public school with a large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southern Miss are $9,204 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Mississippi University for Women. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list. MUW is a small public school located in the remote town of Columbus.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MUW are $7,756 per year.
MUW also made our Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list, coming in at #5.
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Out of the 6 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi College landed the # 5 spot on the list. MC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Clinton.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MC are $20,364 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, music majors at MC accumulate an average of around $27,368 in student debt.
MC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list.
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Belhaven University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list. Belhaven is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Jackson.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Belhaven are $27,825 a year. The average amount in student loans that music majors at Belhaven take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $23,674.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Georgia | 472 |
Virginia | 632 |
North Carolina | 511 |
Florida | 1,223 |
Tennessee | 804 |
Kentucky | 284 |
South Carolina | 204 |
Louisiana | 315 |
Arkansas | 184 |
Alabama | 276 |
West Virginia | 93 |
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Majors Related to Music
Music is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 6 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.