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Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan

2023 Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$21,519 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$19,244 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Graduate Certificate School for You

With 734 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, music is the #36 most popular major in Michigan.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Michigan to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Music

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Our 2023 rankings named Michigan State University the best value school in Michigan for music students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan State are $19,714 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Michigan State is ranked #3 for overall quality for music in Michigan.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in Michigan. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

U-M graduate students pay an average of $25,230 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

U-M also made our Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list, coming in at #2.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Western Michigan University is a great value for music students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

WMU graduate students pay an average of $17,807 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Music Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Music Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 1,138
Illinois 1,129
Indiana 660
Wisconsin 359

Music is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

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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