2023 Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in Washington
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Music Master's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 320 degrees and certificates were awarded to music students who went to a Washington college or university. This makes it the #59 most popular major in the state.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in Washington
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for music majors pursuing a master's degree.
Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Music
Our analysis found Washington State University to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Washington. Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a very large student population.
Wazzu graduate students pay an average of $13,740 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Central Washington University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in Washington. CWU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Ellensburg.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CWU are $12,127 a year.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Western Washington University is a great value for music students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Bellingham, WWU is a public college with a large student population.
WWU graduate students pay an average of $12,490 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Washington - Seattle Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in Washington. UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Seattle.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW Seattle are $17,754 per year.
UW Seattle also made our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Washington list, coming in at #3.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Eastern Washington University is a great value for music students working on their master’s degree. EWU is a large public school located in the fringe town of Cheney.
EWU graduate students pay an average of $13,379 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Best Value Music Colleges in the Far Western US Region
Explore all the Best Value Music Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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California | 3,457 |
Oregon | 299 |
Nevada | 94 |
Hawaii | 31 |
Alaska | 12 |
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Music Related Majors for Music
One of 10 majors within the area of study, music has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 5 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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