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2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
65 Degrees Awarded
$16,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor's in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Washington, there were 69 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 65 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,202 and $21,977 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in music performance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music performance programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the music performance program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $0-$30k) in Washington

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s music performance degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also made our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for UW Seattle is $7,850 for washington bachelor’s degree music performance students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Music Performance at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#2

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k. Wazzu is a public institution located in Pullman, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wazzu did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. It costs about $9,334 for washington bachelor’s degree music performance students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Washington State University.

The low student loan default rate of 4.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Music Performance at Washington State University

#3

Western Washington University

Bellingham, Washington
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Washington University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k list. Bellingham, Washington is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s music performance degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

WWU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Western Washington University is $9,743 for washington bachelor’s degree music performance students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Music Performance at WWU

#4

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Ellensburg, Washington, this fairly large public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s music performance students in 2019-2020.

CWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. It costs about $9,875 for washington bachelor’s degree music performance students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Central Washington University.

Read more about Music Performance at CWU

#5

Whitman College

Walla Walla, Washington
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Whitman College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k. Walla Walla, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s music performance degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Whitman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. The yearly cost to attend Whitman College is $22,616 for washington bachelor’s degree music performance students whose families make $0-$30k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Whitman Music Performance Report

#6

University of Puget Sound

Tacoma, Washington
#2 in overall quality

University of Puget Sound came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Puget Sound is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tacoma, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Puget Sound did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. The yearly cost to attend Puget Sound is $26,828 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Music Performance students whose families make $0-$30k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Music Performance at Puget Sound

#7

Cornish College of the Arts

Seattle, Washington
#7 in overall quality

Cornish College of the Arts landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Cornish College of the Arts is a private not-for-profit institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornish College of the Arts did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. The estimated yearly cost for Cornish College of the Arts is $31,070 for washington bachelor’s degree music performance students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Music Performance at Cornish College of the Arts

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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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