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2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
122 Degrees Awarded
$29,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master's in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Massachusetts, there were 186 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 122 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in music education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music education programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Education in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bridgewater State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid. Bridgewater State is a fairly large school located in Bridgewater, Massachusetts that handed out 7 masters’s music teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our massachusetts master’s degree music teacher education students with aid list, Bridgewater State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bridgewater State University are $11,397, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid. University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a public institution located in Lowell, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Lowell, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Lowell are $26,990, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid. Boston University is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 76 masters’s music teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Boston U, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Music Education at Boston University

#4

Gordon College

Wenham, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Gordon College landed the #4 spot on the list. Gordon College is a small school located in Wenham, Massachusetts that handed out 9 masters’s music teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our massachusetts master’s degree music teacher education students with aid list, Gordon College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Gordon College are $6,400, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

Longy School of Music of Bard College

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Longy School of Music of Bard College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s music teacher education students in 2019-2020.

Longy did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Longy School of Music of Bard College are $46,880, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Music Education at Longy

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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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