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

8 Ranked Colleges
120 Degrees Awarded
$12,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor's in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Music Performance is the 103rd most popular major in the country with 7,957 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Georgia, there were 197 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 120 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,656 and $26,705 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in music performance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music performance 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 music performance 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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Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $0-$30k) in Georgia

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Georgia is $7,541 for Georgia Bachelor’s Degree Music Performance students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

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#2

Augusta University

Augusta, Georgia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Augusta University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k. Augusta University is a public institution located in Augusta, Georgia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Augusta University also made our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Augusta University is $8,352 for Georgia Bachelor’s Degree Music Performance students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3

University of North Georgia

Dahlonega, Georgia
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Georgia. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Dahlonega, Georgia, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our georgia bachelor’s degree music performance students whose families make $0-$30k list, UNG has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. It costs about $7,650 for georgia bachelor’s degree music performance students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of North Georgia.

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#4

Columbus State University

Columbus, Georgia
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbus State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k. CSU is a medium-sized public school situated in Columbus, Georgia. It awarded 20 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

CSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. It costs about $10,185 for Georgia Bachelor’s Degree Music Performance students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend CSU.

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#5

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennesaw State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Kennesaw State University is a large school located in Kennesaw, Georgia that handed out 19 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

KSU Georgia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. The yearly cost to attend KSU Georgia is $13,975 for Georgia Bachelor’s Degree Music Performance students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#6

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia
#4 in overall quality

Georgia State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. Georgia State University is a public institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. The yearly cost to attend Georgia State is $11,991 for Georgia Bachelor’s Degree Music Performance students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#7

Berry College

Mount Berry, Georgia
#6 in overall quality

Berry College landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Berry is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Mount Berry, Georgia. It awarded 5 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

Berry also made our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $16,833 for Georgia Bachelor’s Degree Music Performance students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Berry.

The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.

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#8

Brenau University

Gainesville, Georgia
#8 in overall quality

Brenau University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Brenau University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Gainesville, Georgia. It awarded 1 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our georgia bachelor’s degree music performance students whose families make $0-$30k list, Brenau has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Brenau University is $23,264 for Georgia Bachelor’s 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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