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2023 Best Value Music Schools in Florida

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

18 Colleges
$15,332 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,629 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music School for You

Music is the #38 most popular major in Florida with 1,223 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Music Schools in Florida ranking. This report analyzed 18 schools in Florida to see which ones offered the best value 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.

2023 Best Value Music Schools in Florida

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

Top 10 Best Music Schools

#1

Valencia College

Orlando, FL
$2,474 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Valencia College the best value school in Florida for music students. Valencia College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Orlando.

Valencia College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,474 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that music majors at Valencia College take out is $10,953.

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#2

Miami Dade College

Miami, FL
$2,838 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Miami Dade College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Music Schools in Florida list. MDC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Miami.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MDC are $2,838 a year.

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#3

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL
$6,381 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 18 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UF undergraduate students pay an average of $6,381 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, music graduates from UF take out $16,608 in student loans while working on their degree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UF is ranked #3 for overall quality for music in Florida.

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$6,368 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Central Florida helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in Florida. UCF is a very large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.

UCF undergraduate students pay an average of $6,368 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, music majors at UCF accumulate an average of around $23,507 in student debt.

UCF excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Music Schools in Florida list.

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#5

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL
$4,879 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Florida Atlantic University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in Florida. Located in the small city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at FAU are $4,879 a year.

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$6,118 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #6, Florida Gulf Coast University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students. Located in the large suburb of Fort Myers, FGCU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FGCU are $6,118 per year.

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$5,776 Average Tuition & Fees

The University of West Florida did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for music students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the small city of Pensacola, UWF is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UWF are $5,776 a year.

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#8

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL
$6,517 Average Tuition & Fees

Florida State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for music students. It came in at #8 on the list. Florida State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tallahassee.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Florida State are $6,517 per year. The average amount in student loans that music majors at Florida State take out is $22,246.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Florida State also did well on our Best Music Schools in Florida list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$6,565 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #9, Florida International University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students. FIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Miami.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FIU are $6,565 per year. Music majors at FIU take out an average of $20,989 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#10

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, FL
$5,964 Average Tuition & Fees

University of North Florida did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for music students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Jacksonville, UNF is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNF are $5,964 a year. The average amount in student loans that music majors at UNF take out is $22,000.

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Best Value Music Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 472
Virginia 632
North Carolina 511
Tennessee 804
Kentucky 284
South Carolina 204
Louisiana 315
Arkansas 184
Alabama 276
Mississippi 182
West Virginia 93

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 18 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).

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