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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

2 Ranked Colleges
57 Degrees Awarded
$17,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $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 Vallue Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” 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 Southwest region, there were 812 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 57 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

South Plains College

Levelland, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Plains College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. South Plains College is located in Levelland, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 associates’s music performance degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree music performance students whose families make more than $110k list, South Plains College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Music Performance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South Plains College is $7,600 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Music Performance students whose families make more than $110k.

Read full report on Music Performance at South Plains College

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified associates’s music performance students in 2019-2020.

UCO also made our “Best Music Performance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for University of Central Oklahoma is $16,562 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Music Performance students whose families make more than $110k.

Full University of Central Oklahoma Music Performance Report

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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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