2023 Best Value Music Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic 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.
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 Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 16 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor'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.
Top 10 Best Music Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named The Graduate Center, CUNY the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for music students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at The Graduate Center are $23,640 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, The Graduate Center is ranked #5 for overall quality for music in the Middle Atlantic Region .
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public school located in the city of New Brunswick.
Rutgers New Brunswick graduate students pay an average of $33,215 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Temple is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Temple are $24,812 per year.
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Out of the 16 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the # 4 spot on the list. University at Buffalo is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Buffalo.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University at Buffalo are $26,178 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of College Park.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMCP are $35,755 per year.
UMCP 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 Middle Atlantic Region list.
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University of Pennsylvania came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn 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 UPenn are $42,932 a year.
UPenn also made our Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #3.
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University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Pitt graduate students pay an average of $42,024 in tuition and fees each year.
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New York University 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 #8 on the list. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NYU are $38,206 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, NYU is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
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University of Rochester landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree music programs. University of Rochester is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Rochester.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Rochester are $47,541 per year.
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Stony Brook University 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 #10 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public school with a fairly large student population.
SUNY Stony Brook graduate students pay an average of $25,628 in tuition and fees each year.
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Explore the best music colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 960 |
| New York | 2,324 |
| Maryland | 393 |
| New Jersey | 593 |
| District of Columbia | 117 |
| Delaware | 43 |
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Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 16 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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