2023 Best Value Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Music Bachelor's Degree School for You
Music is the #51 most popular major in Virginia with 632 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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The Best Value Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 11 schools in Virginia 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best Music Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Virginia Tech to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Virginia. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Virginia Tech are $14,174 per year.
Virginia Tech also took the #4 spot in our Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia rankings.
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Out of the 11 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, James Madison University landed the # 2 spot on the list. JMU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Harrisonburg.
JMU undergraduate students pay an average of $12,638 in in-state tuition and fees each year. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $297.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, JMU also did well on our Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Radford University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. Radford is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of Radford.
Radford undergraduate students pay an average of $11,542 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at GMU are $13,119 a year. On average, music graduates from GMU take out $22,808 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Old Dominion University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in Virginia. Located in the city of Norfolk, Old Dominion is a public school with a very large student population.
Old Dominion undergraduate students pay an average of $10,800 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, music graduates from Old Dominion carry an average student debtload of $22,464.
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University of Virginia - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Virginia are $19,785 per year.
University of Virginia did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list.
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With a ranking of #7, University of Mary Washington did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the midsize suburb of Fredericksburg, UMW is a public college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMW are $13,800 per year.
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Virginia Commonwealth University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at VCU are $15,028 a year. On average, music graduates from VCU take out $27,298 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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Christopher Newport University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. Located in the midsize city of Newport News, CNU is a public college with a small student population.
CNU undergraduate students pay an average of $14,924 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Liberty 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 #9 on the list. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Liberty University are $16,160 a year. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $485.
Request InformationBest Value Music Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Music Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 472 |
| North Carolina | 511 |
| Florida | 1,223 |
| Tennessee | 804 |
| Kentucky | 284 |
| South Carolina | 204 |
| Louisiana | 315 |
| Arkansas | 184 |
| Alabama | 276 |
| Mississippi | 182 |
| West Virginia | 93 |
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Majors Related to Music
Music is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Music
| 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 11 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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