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2022 Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

8 Ranked Colleges
80 Degrees Awarded
$44,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the New England region, there were 2,411 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,388 and $28,236 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 80 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in music. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music programs that also have a lower cost than 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.

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Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 8 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 13 doctorate’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

Yale also made our “Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Yale University are $44,500.

Read more about Music at Yale

#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #2 spot on the list. Harvard University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 8 doctorate’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard also made our “Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654.

Read more about Music at Harvard University

#3

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Connecticut is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s music degrees to qualified students.

UCONN also made our “Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #6. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576.

Read full report on Music at University of Connecticut

#4

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst also made our “Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Music at UMass Amherst

#5

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 26 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s music students in 2019-2020.

Boston U also took the #2 spot in our “Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666.

Read more about Music at Boston U

#6

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Brown University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Brown is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 4 doctorate’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown also took the #4 spot in our “Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363.

Full Brown University Music Report

#7

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut
#8 in overall quality

University of Hartford landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. UHart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in West Hartford, Connecticut. It awarded 10 doctorate’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

UHart not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UHart are $14,847, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UHart Music Report

#8

Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

Brandeis University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Brandeis is a medium-sized school located in Waltham, Massachusetts that handed out 3 doctorate’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

Brandeis also took the #3 spot in our “Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brandeis are $52,060, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Music at Brandeis

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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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