2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Music (Income $30-$48k) in Michigan

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 General Music Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 11,573 people earned their degree in general music, making the major the 68th most popular in the United States.

Across Michigan, there were 209 general music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 general music graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Music Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general music. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general music programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general music 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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Best Value General Music Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Music (Income $30-$48k) in Michigan

#1

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$37,215 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Music Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 5 masters’s general music degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State also made our “Best General Music Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State University are $37,215, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Music at Wayne State University

#2

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

$31,355 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Music Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Western Michigan University is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s general music degrees to qualified students.

WMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Music Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Michigan University are $31,355, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Music at WMU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Music (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Music (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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