2023 Best Value Music Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Music Doctor's Degree School for You
Out of all the majors we analyze each year, music was ranked #43 in the country. In fact 25,910 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Music Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Southwest 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. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Check out the music doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Music
Our analysis found University of Houston to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public college with a very large student population.
UH graduate students pay an average of $18,871 in tuition and fees each year.
UH excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 a year.
UT Austin also took the #4 spot in our Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.
Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.
Out of the 9 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a very large student population.
UNT graduate students pay an average of $15,600 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at TCU are $32,268 per year.
TCU also made our Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #2.
Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree music programs. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 per year.
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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree music programs. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a very large student population.
University of Oklahoma graduate students pay an average of $23,876 in tuition and fees each year.
Rice 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. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Rice are $49,941 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Rice is ranked #1 for overall quality for music in the Southwest Region .
University of Arizona landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree music programs. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.
University of Arizona graduate students pay an average of $33,644 in tuition and fees each year.
Best Music Colleges by State
Explore the best music schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 2,085 |
| Arizona | 326 |
| Oklahoma | 378 |
| New Mexico | 70 |
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Majors Related to Music
Music is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.
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 9 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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