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

2 Ranked Colleges
69 Degrees Awarded
$19,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 69 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest 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.

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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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 Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

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

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #1 spot on the list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s music performance degrees to 54 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree music performance students with aid list, UNT has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNT are $15,618, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Music Performance at University of North Texas

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 15 doctorate’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also took the #2 spot in our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus are $23,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of 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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