2022 Best Value Jazz Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Jazz Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Jazz Studies is the 571st most popular major in the country with 532 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 69 jazz studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 jazz studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Jazz Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in jazz studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great jazz studies programs and cost less that 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 jazz studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Jazz Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Jazz Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of North Texas

Denton, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$15,618 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Jazz Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Denton, Texas, this large public school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s jazz students in 2019-2020.

UNT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Jazz Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Texas are $15,618.

Read more about Jazz Studies at UNT

#2

University of Central Oklahoma

Edmond, Oklahoma

$17,913 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Jazz Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s jazz students in 2019-2020.

UCO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Jazz Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Oklahoma are $17,913, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Central Oklahoma Jazz Studies Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Jazz Studies (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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