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Best Value Music Schools in West Virginia

2023 Best Value Music Schools in West Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$8,390 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$24,980 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music School for You

Music is the #62 most popular major in West Virginia with 93 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Music Schools in West Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in West Virginia to see which 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.

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in Music

#1

Shepherd University

Shepherdstown, WV
$7,784 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Shepherd University to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a degree in West Virginia. Located in the fringe town of Shepherdstown, Shepherd University is a public college with a small student population.

Shepherd University undergraduate students pay an average of $7,784 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Shepherd University also did well on our Best Music Schools in West Virginia list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

The excellent programs at West Virginia University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in West Virginia. WVU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Morgantown.

WVU undergraduate students pay an average of $9,144 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Music majors at WVU take out an average of $24,393 in student loans while working on their egree.

WVU also made our Best Music Schools in West Virginia list, coming in at #5.

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#3

Marshall University

Huntington, WV

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Marshall University is a great value for music students. Located in the city of Huntington, Marshall University is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Marshall University are $8,552 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend West Virginia State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Music Schools in West Virginia list. WVSU is a small public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Institute.

WVSU undergraduate students pay an average of $8,833 in in-state tuition and fees each 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
Mississippi 182

More Music Rankings in West Virginia

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 4 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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