2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Music Therapy is the 530th most popular major in the country with 686 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 64 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in music therapy. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great music therapy programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Lawrence, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music therapy degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at KU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kansas are $25,007, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Music Therapy at KU

#2

Augsburg University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

$13,165 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Augsburg University landed the #2 spot on the list. Augsburg is a private not-for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Augsburg, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Augsburg are $13,165, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy (Income $30-$48k)

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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