2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 568 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in music education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great music education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the music education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music Education (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Northeast Community College

Norfolk, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$11,856 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Northeast is a medium-sized public school situated in Norfolk, Nebraska. It awarded 2 associates’s music teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeast did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Music Education Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $11,856 for plains states region associate degree music teacher education students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Northeast.

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#2

Butler Community College

El Dorado, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$16,866 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Butler Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in El Dorado, Kansas, this medium-sized public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s music teacher education students in 2019-2020.

Butler CC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Music Education Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Butler CC is $16,866 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Music Teacher Education students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Music Education at Butler CC

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music Education (Income $75-$110k)

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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