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2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k

8 Ranked Colleges
107 Degrees Awarded
$12,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor's in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k

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 a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Michigan, there were 248 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 107 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,161 and $25,915 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k” 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the music performance program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan bachelor’s degree music performance students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $30-$48k) in Michigan

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s music performance degrees to 53 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U-M, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. It costs about $5,887 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree Music Performance students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Music Performance Report

#2

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oakland University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k. Oakland is a fairly large public school situated in Rochester Hills, Michigan. It awarded 4 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Oakland, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Oakland University is $7,751 for michigan bachelor’s degree music performance students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Music Performance at Oakland

#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k list. Michigan State University is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Michigan State University is $15,197 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree Music Performance students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Michigan State Music Performance Report

#4

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k. This fairly large school is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. The yearly cost to attend Central Michigan University is $12,127 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree Music Performance students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Music Performance at Central Michigan University

#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Flint. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k list. Flint, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s music performance degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UM Flint also made our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #8. The estimated yearly cost for UM Flint is $9,512 for michigan bachelor’s degree music performance students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full University of Michigan - Flint Music Performance Report

#6

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

Eastern Michigan University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s music performance students in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. It costs about $14,136 for michigan bachelor’s degree music performance students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Eastern Michigan University.

Read full report on Music Performance at Eastern Michigan

#7

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

Western Michigan University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. WMU is a fairly large public school situated in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It awarded 12 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU also made our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $15,276 for michigan bachelor’s degree music performance students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend WMU.

Full WMU Music Performance Report

#8

Cornerstone University

Grand Rapids, Michigan
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Cornerstone University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k list. Cornerstone University is a small school located in Grand Rapids, Michigan that handed out 3 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cornerstone, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. It costs about $17,478 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree Music Performance students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Cornerstone University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Music Performance at Cornerstone

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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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