2022 Best Value Voice Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Voice Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 722 people earned their degree in voice performance, making the major the 516th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 47 voice performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 voice performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Voice Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in voice performance. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent voice performance programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the voice performance program at the school. 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 Voice Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Voice Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree voice students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Voice Performance (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Rice University

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$47,913 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rice University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Voice Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s voice students in 2019-2020.

Rice also made our “Best Voice Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rice University are $47,913, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Rice Voice Performance Report

#2

University of Central Oklahoma

Edmond, Oklahoma

#3 in overall quality

$17,913 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Voice Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This fairly large school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 5 masters’s voice degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Voice Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCO are $17,913, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Central Oklahoma Voice Performance Report

#3

Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

#4 in overall quality

$13,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Voice Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma City University landed the #3 spot on the list. OCU is a small school located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that handed out 4 masters’s voice degrees in 2019-2020.

OCU also made our “Best Voice Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oklahoma City University are $13,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Voice Performance at OCU

#4

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$47,478 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Voice Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s voice students in 2019-2020.

SMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Voice Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full SMU Voice Performance Report

#5

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas

$32,268 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Voice Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Texas Christian University is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s voice degrees to qualified students.

TCU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Voice Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at TCU are $32,268, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full TCU Voice Performance Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Voice Performance (Income $48-$75k)

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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