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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy (Income $30-$48k) in New York

3 Ranked Colleges
36 Degrees Awarded
$21,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master's in New York For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across New York, there were 69 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 36 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in music therapy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music therapy programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the music therapy program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy (Income $30-$48k) in New York

#1

SUNY New Paltz

New Paltz, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY New Paltz. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in New Paltz, New York, and it awarded 20 masters’s music therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY New Paltz not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SUNY New Paltz are $24,389, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Music Therapy at SUNY New Paltz

#2

Molloy College

Rockville Centre, New York
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Molloy College landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Rockville Centre, New York, and it awarded 7 masters’s music therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Molloy, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Molloy College are $22,650.

Read more about Music Therapy at Molloy

#3

Nazareth College

Rochester, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nazareth College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k list. Nazareth College is located in Rochester, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s music therapy degrees to qualified students.

Nazareth also took the #0 spot in our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Nazareth College are $17,980.

Read more about Music Therapy at Nazareth

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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