2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Plains States region, there were 271 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great music performance programs and cost less that 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree music performance students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Northeast Community College

Norfolk, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$6,473 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Norfolk, Nebraska, this medium-sized public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified associates’s music performance students in 2019-2020.

Northeast did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Music Performance Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northeast Community College is $6,473 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Music Performance students whose families make $30-$48k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $30-$48k)

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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