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2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k

1 Ranked Colleges
9 Degrees Awarded
$22,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master's in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Iowa, there were 48 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great music performance programs and cost less that 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $75-$110k) in Iowa

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k list. This medium-sized school is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and it awarded 9 masters’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

UNI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Iowa are $22,648, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Music Performance at UNI

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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