2023 Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Music Graduate Certificate 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.
The Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 10 schools in the Southwest Region 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.
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.
Top 10 Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Texas Tech University the best value school in the Southwest Region for music students working on their graduate certificate. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Texas Tech is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the # 2 spot on the list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.
UT Austin also made our Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #3.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas State University is a great value for music students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas State are $17,220 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $15,600 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Arlington. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the large city of Arlington.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Arlington are $24,005 a year.
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With a ranking of #6, Texas Christian University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
TCU graduate students pay an average of $32,268 in tuition and fees each year.
TCU also took the #5 spot in our Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.
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Northern Arizona University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for music students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
NAU graduate students pay an average of $20,125 in tuition and fees each year.
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Southern Methodist University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SMU are $35,802 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, SMU also is in the top 15% of our Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region 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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With a ranking of #10, University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students working on their graduate certificate. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNM are $20,487 a year.
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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 10 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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