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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Southwest 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 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Jazz Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the jazz studies 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 Jazz Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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

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

#1

University of North Texas

Denton, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$15,618 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Jazz Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #1 spot on the list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s jazz degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

UNT also made our “Best Jazz Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Texas are $15,618, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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 Getting Aid list. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s jazz students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree jazz students with aid list, UCO has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Jazz Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCO are $17,913, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Jazz Studies at University of Central Oklahoma

• 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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