2023 Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Music Master's Degree School for You
Music is the #36 most popular major in Louisiana with 315 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.
The Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 7 schools in Louisiana 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.
Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Music
Our 2023 rankings named Southeastern Louisiana University the best value school in Louisiana for music students working on their master’s degree. Southeastern is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Hammond.
Southeastern graduate students pay an average of $8,768 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Louisiana State University are $13,031 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Louisiana State University is ranked #2 for overall quality for music in Louisiana.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. UL Lafayette is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Lafayette.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UL Lafayette are $10,130 a year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of New Orleans is a great value for music students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of New Orleans, UNO is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
UNO graduate students pay an average of $9,108 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Northwestern State University of Louisiana helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in Louisiana. NSU is a large public school located in the remote town of Natchitoches.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NSU are $9,614 a year.
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Loyola University New Orleans ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. Loyola New Orleans is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Orleans.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Loyola New Orleans are $18,889 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Loyola New Orleans is ranked #5 for overall quality for music in Louisiana.
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Tulane University of Louisiana 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. Tulane is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Orleans.
Tulane graduate students pay an average of $61,130 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Tulane also took the #1 spot in our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana rankings.
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Explore all the Best Value Music Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 472 |
| Virginia | 632 |
| North Carolina | 511 |
| Florida | 1,223 |
| Tennessee | 804 |
| Kentucky | 284 |
| South Carolina | 204 |
| Arkansas | 184 |
| Alabama | 276 |
| Mississippi | 182 |
| West Virginia | 93 |
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Music Related Majors for Music
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Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 7 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.