2022 Best Value Jazz Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Jazz Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 57 jazz studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 jazz studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Jazz Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in jazz studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality jazz studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the jazz studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Jazz Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Jazz Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Jazz Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Jazz Studies in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

North Carolina Central University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$20,595 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Jazz Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina Central University landed the #1 spot on the list. North Carolina Central University is located in Durham, North Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s jazz degrees to qualified students.

North Carolina Central University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Jazz Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina Central University are $20,595.

Read full report on Jazz Studies at North Carolina Central University

#2

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida

$40,220 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Miami. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Jazz Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Coral Gables, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s jazz degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U Miami, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Jazz Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at U Miami are $40,220, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Jazz Studies at University of Miami

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