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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
57 Degrees Awarded
$8,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 7,957 people earned their degree in music performance, making the major the 103rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 812 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 57 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in music performance. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music performance 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 music performance 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 Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

South Plains College

Levelland, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Plains College landed the #1 spot on the list. South Plains College is a public institution located in Levelland, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at South Plains College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Music Performance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $6,211 for southwest region associate degree music performance students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend South Plains College.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Edmond, Oklahoma is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s music performance degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

UCO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Music Performance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,297 for southwest region associate degree music performance students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UCO.

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#3

Phoenix College

Phoenix, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Phoenix College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Phoenix College is a medium-sized school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 1 associates’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

Phoenix College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Music Performance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,169 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Music Performance students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Phoenix College.

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#4

Scottsdale Community College

Scottsdale, Arizona
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Scottsdale Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This medium-sized school is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, and it awarded 1 associates’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree music performance students whose families make $0-$30k list, Scottsdale Community College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Music Performance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Scottsdale Community College is $8,963 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Music Performance students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mesa Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Mesa Community College is located in Mesa, Arizona and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s music performance degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree music performance students whose families make $0-$30k list, Mesa Community College has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Music Performance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mesa Community College is $8,791 for southwest region associate degree music performance students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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