2023 Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Music Master's Degree School for You
Out of all the majors we analyze each year, music was ranked #43 in the country. In fact 25,910 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 28 schools in the Southwest 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest 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 West Texas A&M University the best value school in the Southwest Region for music students working on their master’s degree. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Canyon.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at West Texas A&M University are $8,574 per year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the distant town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M Kingsville are $14,344 a year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in the Southwest Region . UT Rio Grande Valley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Edinburg.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Rio Grande Valley are $15,677 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UT Rio Grande Valley also is in the top 20% of our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
Out of the 28 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SHSU are $16,009 a year.
Out of the 28 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M Commerce are $14,682 per year.
The University of Texas at El Paso came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UTEP is a very large public school located in the city of El Paso.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UTEP are $16,621 a year.
Texas Woman’s 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 city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
TWU graduate students pay an average of $15,048 in tuition and fees each year.
Texas Tech University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.
Texas Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
Stephen F Austin State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. SFASU is a large public school located in the remote town of Nacogdoches.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SFASU are $15,695 a year.
Oklahoma City University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. OCU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Oklahoma City.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OCU are $13,410 a year.
Best Music Colleges by State
Explore the best music colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 2,085 |
| Arizona | 326 |
| Oklahoma | 378 |
| New Mexico | 70 |
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Majors Related to Music
Music is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.
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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