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2022 Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
8 Degrees Awarded
$30,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 27,047 people earned their degree in music, making the major the 40th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, music graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,639 and had an average of $28,653 in loans still to pay off.

Across Washington, there were 437 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $18,350 and $25,010 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music 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 program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The music school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music (Income $0-$30k) in Washington

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified doctorate’s music students in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Music at UW Seattle

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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