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2023 Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in Oregon

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$16,791 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,036 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Master's Degree School for You

Music is the #39 most popular major in Oregon with 299 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in Oregon ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Oregon to see which master'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.

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.

2023 Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for music majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Oregon Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Music

Our analysis found Portland State University to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Oregon. Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school with a very large student population.

Portland State University graduate students pay an average of $16,518 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 3 schools in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Oregon University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Ashland, Southern Oregon University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Southern Oregon University are $15,734 a year.

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#3

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Oregon is a great value for music students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Eugene, UO is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UO are $18,120 a year.

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Best Value Music Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Music Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 3,457
Washington 320
Nevada 94
Hawaii 31
Alaska 12

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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