2023 Best Value Music Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Music Doctor's Degree School for You
Music is the #43 most popular major in the country with 25,910 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which doctor'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.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Music Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Madison the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for music students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 per year.
UW - Madison excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. BGSU is a large public school located in the fringe town of Bowling Green.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at BGSU are $15,823 a year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Michigan State University is a great value for music students working on their doctor’s degree. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Michigan State are $38,638 a year.
Michigan State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Muncie, Ball State is a public school with a very large student population.
Ball State graduate students pay an average of $26,600 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great value for music students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $30,862 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UIUC also did well on our Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Indiana University - Bloomington did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for music students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at IU Bloomington are $33,352 per year.
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Ohio State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ohio State are $38,377 a year.
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With a ranking of #8, Northwestern University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Northwestern are $56,567 a year.
Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
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With a ranking of #9, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students working on their doctor’s degree. UC is a very large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC are $26,644 per year.
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U-M are $50,464 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, U-M is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 734 |
| Ohio | 1,138 |
| Illinois | 1,129 |
| Indiana | 660 |
| Wisconsin | 359 |
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Most Popular Majors Related 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).
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