2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi 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 Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 Mississippi, there were 109 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,447 and $43,355 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in music education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music education 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 education 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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Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Education (Income $48-$75k) in Mississippi

#1

William Carey University

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$11,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Carey University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $48-$75k list. This medium-sized school is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and it awarded 9 masters’s music teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at William Carey University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at William Carey University are $11,400.

Read full report on Music Education at William Carey University

#2

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$10,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $48-$75k list. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music teacher education degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Southern Miss not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Mississippi are $10,896, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Music Education at University of Southern Mississippi

#3

Jackson State University

Jackson, Mississippi

$9,445 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jackson State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $48-$75k list. Jackson State is a public institution located in Jackson, Mississippi. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Jackson State also made our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Jackson State University are $9,445.

Full Jackson State Music Education Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Education (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Education (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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