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2023 Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in Texas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

19 Colleges
$13,823 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,036 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Master's Degree School for You

With 2,085 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, music is the #30 most popular major in Texas.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 19 schools in Texas 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for music majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Music Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - Kingsville the best value school in Texas for music students working on their master’s degree. Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Kingsville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M Kingsville are $6,157 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of El Paso, UTEP is a public college with a very large student population.

UTEP graduate students pay an average of $7,166 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means West Texas A&M University is a great value for music students working on their master’s degree. Located in the fringe town of Canyon, West Texas A&M University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

West Texas A&M University graduate students pay an average of $7,282 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a great value for music students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Edinburg, UT Rio Grande Valley is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Rio Grande Valley are $8,333 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Texas A&M Commerce is a fairly large public school located in the town of Commerce.

Texas A&M Commerce graduate students pay an average of $7,338 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Sam Houston State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SHSU are $8,666 a year.

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Texas Woman’s University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree music programs. TWU is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at TWU are $7,704 a year.

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Stephen F Austin State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree music programs. Located in the remote town of Nacogdoches, SFASU is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SFASU are $7,433 per year.

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#9

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

With a ranking of #9, Texas Tech University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $9,518 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Texas Tech 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 Texas list.

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The University of Texas at Arlington 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 #10 on the list. Located in the city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Arlington are $10,853 a year.

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Best Value Music Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 326
Oklahoma 378
New Mexico 70

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 19 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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