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2023 Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in Wisconsin

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$12,198 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,036 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Master's Degree School for You

With 359 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, music is the #47 most popular major in Wisconsin.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

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 Wisconsin to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Wisconsin 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin

Check out the music master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UW - Madison are $12,175 a year.

UW - Madison not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is a great value for music students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UWM are $12,220 a year.

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#3

Carthage College

Kenosha, WI

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Carthage College is a great value for music students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize suburb of Kenosha, Carthage is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Carthage are $33,000 per year.

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Best Value Music Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 734
Ohio 1,138
Illinois 1,129
Indiana 660

One of 10 majors within the area of study, music has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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