2023 Best Value Music Schools in South Carolina
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Music School for You
With 204 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, music is the #56 most popular major in South Carolina.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
The Best Value Music Schools in South Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 9 schools in South Carolina 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.
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2023 Best Value Music Schools in South Carolina
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for music majors pursuing a .
Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Music
Our analysis found University of South Carolina - Columbia to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a degree in South Carolina. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, UofSC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
UofSC undergraduate students pay an average of $12,688 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, music graduates from UofSC carry an average student debtload of $27,000.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UofSC also did well on our Best Music Schools in South Carolina list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The excellent programs at College of Charleston helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in South Carolina. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, C of C is a public school with a fairly large student population.
C of C undergraduate students pay an average of $12,978 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, C of C also is in the top 20% of our Best Music Schools in South Carolina ranking.
The excellent programs at Lander University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in South Carolina. Located in the distant town of Greenwood, Lander University is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Lander University are $11,700 a year.
The excellent programs at Winthrop University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in South Carolina. Winthrop is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Rock Hill.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Winthrop are $15,846 per year.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Coastal Carolina University is a great value for music students. Coastal Carolina University is a large public school located in the city of Conway.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Coastal Carolina University are $11,640 per year.
University of South Carolina - Aiken did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for music students. It came in at #6 on the list. UofSC Aiken is a small public school located in the large suburb of Aiken.
UofSC Aiken undergraduate students pay an average of $10,760 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Converse College 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 city of Spartanburg, Converse is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Converse are $19,850 per year.
Anderson University South Carolina landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value music programs. Located in the small city of Anderson, Anderson University South Carolina is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Anderson University South Carolina are $30,720 per year.
Charleston Southern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for music students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, CSU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CSU are $28,960 a year.
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 |
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Georgia | 472 |
Virginia | 632 |
North Carolina | 511 |
Florida | 1,223 |
Tennessee | 804 |
Kentucky | 284 |
Louisiana | 315 |
Arkansas | 184 |
Alabama | 276 |
Mississippi | 182 |
West Virginia | 93 |
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Majors Related to Music
Music is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 9 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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