2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across Colorado, there were 79 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the music education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree music teacher education students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Education (Income $30-$48k) in Colorado

#1

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k. CU - Boulder is a large school located in Boulder, Colorado that handed out 13 masters’s music teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also took the #1 spot in our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU - Boulder are $32,980, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Adams State University

Alamosa, Colorado

$10,551 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Adams State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k list. Adams State is located in Alamosa, Colorado and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s music teacher education degrees to qualified students.

Adams State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Adams State University are $10,551.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Education (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Education (Income $30-$48k)

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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