2023 Best Value Music Schools in Arizona
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Music School for You
Music is the #75 most popular major in Arizona with 326 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. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Music Schools in Arizona to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Arizona 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.
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.
Best Arizona Schools for Affordable Quality in Music
Our 2023 rankings named Scottsdale Community College the best value school in Arizona for music students. Scottsdale Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Scottsdale.
Scottsdale Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,070 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Music Schools in Arizona list. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the large city of Tucson.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Arizona are $12,404 per year. Music majors at University of Arizona take out an average of $16,587 in student loans while working on their egree.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Music Schools in Arizona list. NAU is a very large public school located in the small city of Flagstaff.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NAU are $11,527 per year. While working on their degree, music majors at NAU accumulate an average of around $21,913 in student debt.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Music Schools in Arizona list. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU - Tempe are $11,348 per year. While working on their degree, music majors at ASU - Tempe accumulate an average of around $18,803 in student debt.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Music Schools in Arizona list. Grand Canyon University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Phoenix.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Grand Canyon University are $17,189 a year.
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Request InformationBest Value Music Colleges in the Southwest Region
Explore all the Best Value Music Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 2,085 |
| Oklahoma | 378 |
| New Mexico | 70 |
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Music Related Majors for Music
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Most Popular Majors Related to Music
| 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 5 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.