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2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
30 Degrees Awarded
$20,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master's in the Rocky Mountains 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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 180 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Education in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #1 spot on the list. Brigham Young University - Provo is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Provo, Utah. It awarded 3 masters’s music teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at BYU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at BYU are $7,510, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Music Education at Brigham Young University - Provo

#2

Adams State University

Alamosa, Colorado
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Adams State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Alamosa, Colorado, this small public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s music teacher education students in 2019-2020.

Adams State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Adams State University are $10,551, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Music Education at Adams State University

#3

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, Utah

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Utah University landed the #3 spot on the list. Southern Utah University is a public institution located in Cedar City, Utah. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Utah University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Utah University are $24,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Southern Utah University Music Education Report

#4

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. Boise, Idaho is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music teacher education degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Boise State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boise State University are $26,566.

Read full report on Music Education at Boise State University

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Colorado Boulder is a public institution located in Boulder, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU - Boulder are $32,980, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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