2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 North Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 4,774 people earned their degree in music education, making the major the 157th most popular in the United States.

Across North Carolina, there were 126 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in music education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great music education programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Education in North Carolina (With Aid)

#1

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$21,918 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the #1 spot on the list. UNC Greensboro is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s music teacher education degrees to qualified students.

UNC Greensboro also made our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Greensboro are $21,918, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Music Education at UNC Greensboro

#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina

$20,685 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid list. ECU is a large school located in Greenville, North Carolina that handed out 1 masters’s music teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

ECU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ECU are $20,685, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Music Education at East Carolina University

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Education (With Aid)

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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