2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Music Education is the 157th most popular major in the country with 4,774 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 568 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in music education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music education 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 education 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Northeast Community College

Norfolk, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$6,726 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Norfolk, Nebraska, and it awarded 2 associates’s music teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree music teacher education students whose families make $0-$30k list, Northeast has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Music Education Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northeast is $6,726 for plains states region associate degree music teacher education students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

Butler Community College

El Dorado, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$12,351 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Butler Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Butler CC is a medium-sized school located in El Dorado, Kansas that handed out 3 associates’s music teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

Butler CC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Music Education Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Butler Community College is $12,351 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Music Teacher Education students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Music Education at Butler CC

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music Education (Income $0-$30k)

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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