2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance in the New England Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 New England region, there were 596 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the music performance program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree music performance students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Connecticut is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 1 doctorate’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN also took the #2 spot in our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Music Performance at University of Connecticut

#2

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s music performance degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

Boston U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Music Performance at Boston U

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance (With Aid)

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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