2023 Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in Maryland
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Music Master's Degree School for You
Music is the #48 most popular major in Maryland with 393 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 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 Maryland ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Maryland 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Music
Our 2023 rankings named Towson University the best value school in Maryland for music students working on their master’s degree. Towson is a very large public school located in the small city of Towson.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Towson are $11,034 a year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Maryland - College Park helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in Maryland. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of College Park.
UMCP graduate students pay an average of $16,995 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
UMCP not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Morgan State University is a great value for music students working on their master’s degree. Morgan State is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Baltimore.
Morgan State graduate students pay an average of $9,657 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 4 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Johns Hopkins are $61,202 per year.
Johns Hopkins also took the #1 spot in our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland rankings.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 960 |
| New York | 2,324 |
| New Jersey | 593 |
| District of Columbia | 117 |
| Delaware | 43 |
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Music Related Majors for Music
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Majors Similar 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 4 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.