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

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$25,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master's in Washington For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Washington 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 Washington, there were 69 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music performance programs, but they also 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The music performance school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $30-$48k”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $30-$48k) in Washington

#1

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $30-$48k list. Central Washington University is a fairly large public school situated in Ellensburg, Washington. It awarded 4 masters’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CWU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CWU are $24,976, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Music Performance at Central Washington University

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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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