2022 Best Value General Music Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts 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 General Music Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Music is the 68th most popular major in the country with 11,573 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Massachusetts, there were 272 general music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 37 general music graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Music Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general music. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general music programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general music 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 General Music Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k

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

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

#1

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts

$55,168 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Music Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Medford, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified masters’s general music students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tufts, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best General Music Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts are $55,168.

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#2

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Music Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, and it awarded 31 masters’s general music degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Music Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• 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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