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2023 Best Value Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$8,309 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,068 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Bachelor's Degree School for You

Music is the #62 most popular major in West Virginia with 93 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.

The Best Value Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in West 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.

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 West Virginia

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

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Music

#1

Shepherd University

Shepherdstown, WV

Our analysis found Shepherd University to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in West Virginia. Located in the fringe town of Shepherdstown, Shepherd University is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Shepherd University are $7,784 a year.

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#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

Out of the 3 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University landed the # 2 spot on the list. WVU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Morgantown.

WVU undergraduate students pay an average of $9,144 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, WVU is ranked #4 for overall quality for music in West Virginia.

Full Music at West Virginia University Report

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at West Virginia State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in West Virginia. WVSU is a small public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Institute.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WVSU are $8,833 per year.

Read full report on Music at West Virginia State University

Best 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
Virginia 632
North Carolina 511
Florida 1,223
Tennessee 804
Kentucky 284
South Carolina 204
Louisiana 315
Arkansas 184
Alabama 276
Mississippi 182

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 3 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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