2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate in the Plains States Region” 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 the Plains States region, there were 568 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the music education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree music teacher education students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music Education in the Plains States Region

#1

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$18,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s music teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

UND also took the #1 spot in our “Best Music Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Dakota are $18,326.

Full UND Music Education Report

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. KU is a public institution located in Lawrence, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region doctor’s degree music teacher education students list, KU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Music Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kansas are $25,007, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aparajita Datta.

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