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.
Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Music
Our 2023 rankings named University of Houston the best value school in the Southwest Region for music students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH are $18,871 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UH also did well on our Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in the Southwest Region . UT Austin is a very 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.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.
UNT graduate students pay an average of $15,600 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 Texas Christian University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
TCU graduate students pay an average of $32,268 in tuition and fees each year.
TCU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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Arizona State University - Tempe 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. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized 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 ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a fairly large student population.
University of Oklahoma graduate students pay an average of $23,876 in tuition and fees each year.
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Rice University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree music programs. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.
Rice graduate students pay an average of $49,941 in tuition and fees each year.
Rice also took the #1 spot in our Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.
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University of Arizona ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 a year.
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Explore the best music colleges 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).
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