2022 Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region 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. 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 the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 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.

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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Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree music therapy students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$25,007 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Kansas is a large school located in Lawrence, Kansas that handed out 3 masters’s music therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

KU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full KU Music Therapy Report

#2

Augsburg University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

$13,165 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Augsburg University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Augsburg University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 1 masters’s music therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree music therapy students with aid list, Augsburg has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Augsburg University are $13,165, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Music Therapy at Augsburg University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy (With Aid)

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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