2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music in District of Columbia (With Aid)

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 a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” 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 District of Columbia, there were 76 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,400 and $27,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,324 and $136,457 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music 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 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music in District of Columbia (With Aid)

#1

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$50,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #1 spot on the list. CUA is a medium-sized school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 10 doctorate’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

CUA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CUA are $50,340, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Catholic University of America Music 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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