2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Washington

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Washington” 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 Washington, there were 152 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 78 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music education programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The music teacher education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Washington”.

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Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington master’s degree music teacher education students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Education in Washington

#1

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$24,976 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ellensburg, Washington, this fairly large public school awarded 76 diplomas to qualified masters’s music teacher education students in 2019-2020.

CWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CWU are $24,976.

Full CWU Music Education Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Education in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Education

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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