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2023 Best Value Music Schools in Nebraska

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$16,000 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,208 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music School for You

In 2020-2021, 129 degrees and certificates were awarded to music students who went to a Nebraska college or university. This makes it the #56 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Music Schools in Nebraska ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Nebraska 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Music Schools in Nebraska

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Music Colleges.

Best Nebraska Schools for Affordable Quality in Music

$7,940 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nebraska at Kearney the best value school in Nebraska for music students. UNK is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Kearney.

UNK undergraduate students pay an average of $7,940 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Music at University of Nebraska at Kearney Report

$9,590 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Nebraska - Lincoln helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in Nebraska. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNL are $9,590 per year. On average, music graduates from UNL take out $20,915 in student loans while working on their degree.

UNL also took the #2 spot in our Best Music Schools in Nebraska rankings.

Read full report on Music at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

$8,136 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Nebraska at Omaha is a great value for music students. Located in the city of Omaha, UNOMAHA is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNOMAHA are $8,136 a year.

Full Music at University of Nebraska at Omaha Report

$38,334 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Nebraska Wesleyan University is a great value for music students. Located in the large city of Lincoln, NWU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

NWU undergraduate students pay an average of $38,334 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

Read full report on Music at Nebraska Wesleyan University

Best Value Music Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Music Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 372
Minnesota 262
Kansas 189
Iowa 227
North Dakota 76
South Dakota 33

One of 10 majors within the area of study, music has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar 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 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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