2023 Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Music Master's Degree School for You
Music is the #43 most popular major in the country with 25,910 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 39 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. 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 the Great Lakes Region
Check out the music master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Music Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Columbia College Chicago the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for music students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Chicago, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Columbia are $2,350 a year.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Youngstown State University is a great value for music students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Youngstown, Youngstown State University is a public school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Youngstown State University are $6,931 per year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Western Illinois University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the remote town of Macomb, WIU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WIU are $12,182 a year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in the Great Lakes Region . SIUE is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Edwardsville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SIUE are $9,316 a year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Illinois State University is a great value for music students working on their master’s degree. Illinois State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Illinois State are $11,773 a year.
Illinois State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
Northern Illinois University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for music students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NIU are $11,390 a year.
Eastern Illinois University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for music students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the distant town of Charleston, EIU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at EIU are $21,407 a year.
University of Akron Main Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree music programs. Located in the city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,936 a year.
Indiana State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Indiana State is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Terre Haute.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Indiana State are $15,562 a year.
With a ranking of #10, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students working on their master’s degree. BGSU is a large public school located in the fringe town of Bowling Green.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at BGSU are $15,823 a year.
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Best Music Colleges by State
Explore the best music schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 734 |
| Ohio | 1,138 |
| Illinois | 1,129 |
| Indiana | 660 |
| Wisconsin | 359 |
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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 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 25 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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