2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 the Plains States region, there were 271 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 67 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in music performance. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great music performance programs and cost less that 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 Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.
Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Iowa. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. UNI is a public institution located in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 9 masters’s 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 the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNI are $22,648.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 42 masters’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMKC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMKC are $26,699.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wichita State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Wichita, Kansas, and it awarded 8 masters’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.
WSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wichita State University are $15,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Pittsburg State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Pittsburg, Kansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music performance degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
Pitt State also took the #5 spot in our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pitt State are $19,320, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Park University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Parkville, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s music performance students in 2019-2020.
Park University also took the #0 spot in our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Park University are $6,224, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Webster University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Webster is a medium-sized school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 4 masters’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.
Webster also made our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Webster University are $13,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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%.
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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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