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2022 Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
1 Degrees Awarded
$20,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Master's in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Composition Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,117 people earned their degree in music theory and composition, making the major the 415th most popular in the United States.

Across New Jersey, there were 5 music theory and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 music theory and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music theory and composition programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Theory & Composition (Income $30-$48k) in New Jersey

#1

Rider University

Lawrenceville, New Jersey
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rider University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s music composition students in 2019-2020.

Rider also took the #1 spot in our “Best Music Theory & Composition Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rider are $20,958, 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%.

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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