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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

2 Ranked Colleges
7 Degrees Awarded
$12,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 7,957 people earned their degree in music performance, making the major the 103rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,680 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 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 an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree music performance students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Grand Rapids Community College

Grand Rapids, Michigan
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Rapids Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Grand Rapids, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s music performance degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Grand Rapids Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Music Performance Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Grand Rapids Community College is $12,479 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Music Performance students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Music Performance at Grand Rapids Community College

#2

Milwaukee Area Technical College

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Milwaukee Area Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Milwaukee Area Technical College is a fairly large public school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 4 associates’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

MATC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Music Performance Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $13,071 for great lakes region associate degree music performance students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Milwaukee Area Technical College.

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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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