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Best Value Music Schools in South Dakota

2023 Best Value Music Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$9,366 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Music School for You

Music is the #73 most popular major in South Dakota with 33 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. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Music Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Dakota 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 South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality in Music

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD
$9,432 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of South Dakota the best value school in South Dakota for music students. USD is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Vermillion.

USD undergraduate students pay an average of $9,432 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$9,299 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means South Dakota State University is a great value for music students. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Dakota State are $9,299 per year.

South Dakota State also took the #2 spot in our Best Music Schools in South Dakota rankings.

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Best Value Music Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 372
Minnesota 262
Kansas 189
Iowa 227
Nebraska 129
North Dakota 76

More Music Rankings in South Dakota

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 2 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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