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2022 Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k

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241 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Schools for an Associate in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Music is the 40th most popular major in the country with 27,047 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Texas, there were 2,145 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,195 and $28,221 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 241 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in music. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the music 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 Schools for an Associate in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music (Income $48-$75k) in Texas

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Collin County Community College District landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in McKinney, Texas, and it awarded 8 associates’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

Collin County Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in Texas” list. The yearly cost to attend Collin County Community College District is $7,898 for Texas Associate Degree Music students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Collin County Community College District Music Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified associates’s music students in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in Texas” list. The yearly cost to attend Austin Community College District is $8,877 for Texas Associate Degree Music students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Austin Community College District Music Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jacinto Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Pasadena, Texas, this large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified associates’s music students in 2019-2020.

San Jacinto College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in Texas” list. It costs about $9,788 for Texas Associate Degree Music students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend San Jacinto College.

Read more about Music at San Jacinto Community College

#4

South Plains College

Levelland, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Plains College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k. South Plains College is a medium-sized public school situated in Levelland, Texas. It awarded 12 associates’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

South Plains College also made our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend South Plains College is $9,476 for texas associate degree music students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full South Plains College Music Report

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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