2022 Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Therapy Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 686 people earned their degree in music therapy, making the major the 530th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music therapy programs that also have a lower cost than 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 therapy program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree music therapy students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s music therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree music therapy students whose families make $30-$48k list, Temple has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Music Therapy Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Music Therapy at Temple

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver.

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