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2023 Best Value Music Schools in Mississippi

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$13,902 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Music School for You

In 2020-2021, 182 degrees and certificates were awarded to music students who went to a Mississippi college or university. This makes it the #42 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Schools in Mississippi ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Mississippi 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Music Schools in Mississippi

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

Best Mississippi Schools for Affordable Quality in Music

#1

University of Mississippi

University, MS
$9,044 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Mississippi to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a degree in Mississippi. Located in the town of University, Ole Miss is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ole Miss are $9,044 per year.

Ole Miss also took the #1 spot in our Best Music Schools in Mississippi rankings.

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#2

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS
$9,220 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Music Schools in Mississippi list. Located in the town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Mississippi State are $9,220 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Mississippi State is ranked #2 for overall quality for music in Mississippi.

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$9,204 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Southern Mississippi helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in Mississippi. Located in the city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public school with a large student population.

Southern Miss undergraduate students pay an average of $9,204 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$7,756 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Mississippi University for Women. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Music Schools in Mississippi list. MUW is a small public school located in the remote town of Columbus.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MUW are $7,756 per year.

MUW did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Music Schools in Mississippi list.

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#5

Mississippi College

Clinton, MS
$20,364 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Music Schools in Mississippi list. MC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Clinton.

MC undergraduate students pay an average of $20,364 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

MC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Music Schools in Mississippi list.

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#6

Belhaven University

Jackson, MS
$27,825 Average Tuition & Fees

Belhaven University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Music Schools in Mississippi list. Belhaven is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Jackson.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Belhaven are $27,825 a year.

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Best Value Music Colleges in the Southeast Region

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
Louisiana 315
Arkansas 184
Alabama 276
West Virginia 93

Music is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

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 6 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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