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2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
196 Degrees Awarded
$45,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master's in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the New England region, there were 596 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 196 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in music performance. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great music performance programs and 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 a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree music performance students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Yale University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This fairly large school is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 25 masters’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

Yale also made our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale are $44,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Music Performance at Yale University

#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s music performance students in 2019-2020.

Harvard also made our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654.

Full Harvard Music Performance Report

#3

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Boston University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 50 masters’s music performance degrees to qualified students.

Boston U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666.

Read full report on Music Performance at Boston U

#4

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Maine is a public institution located in Orono, Maine. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also made our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMaine are $28,352, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Music Performance at UMaine

#5

Longy School of Music of Bard College

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Longy School of Music of Bard College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s music performance students in 2019-2020.

Longy also made our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Longy School of Music of Bard College are $46,880, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Longy School of Music of Bard College Music Performance Report

#6

Berklee College of Music

Boston, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Berklee College of Music did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s music performance degrees to 109 students in 2019-2020.

Berklee College of Music also took the #3 spot in our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Berklee College of Music are $44,408, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Berklee College of Music Music Performance Report

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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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