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2023 Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$7,118 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,036 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Master's Degree School for You

Music is the #73 most popular major in South Dakota with 33 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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

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 South Dakota ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Music Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Music Master's Degree School

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

Our analysis found University of South Dakota to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a master’s degree in South Dakota. USD is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Vermillion.

USD graduate students pay an average of $7,118 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

USD not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list.

Read full report on Music at University of South Dakota

Best Value Music Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 372
Minnesota 262
Kansas 189
Iowa 227
Nebraska 129
North Dakota 76

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 values are for the top school 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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