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2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

5 Ranked Colleges
102 Degrees Awarded
$28,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master's in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Music Education is the 157th most popular major in the country with 4,774 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 265 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 102 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in music education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the music education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Education (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music teacher education degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294.

Read more about Music Education at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#2

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. CWU is a fairly large school located in Ellensburg, Washington that handed out 76 masters’s music teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

CWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Central Washington University are $24,976, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Music Education at Central Washington University

#3

San Jose State University

San Jose, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Jose State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k. San Jose State University is a public institution located in San Jose, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

San Jose State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at San Jose State are $18,790, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full San Jose State Music Education Report

#4

University of the Pacific

Stockton, California
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Pacific landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Stockton, California, and it awarded 5 masters’s music teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pacific, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of the Pacific are $49,374.

Full Pacific Music Education Report

#5

Holy Names University

Oakland, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Holy Names University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. HNU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Oakland, California. It awarded 9 masters’s music teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

HNU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at HNU are $18,590, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Music Education at HNU

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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