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

5 Ranked Colleges
122 Degrees Awarded
$29,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master's in Massachusetts

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Massachusetts” 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 Massachusetts, there were 186 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 122 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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.

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

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

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Education in Massachusetts

#1

Gordon College

Wenham, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Gordon College landed the #1 spot on the list. Gordon College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wenham, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Gordon College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Gordon College are $6,400.

Full Gordon College Music Education Report

#2

Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bridgewater State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts list. Bridgewater, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music teacher education degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our massachusetts master’s degree music teacher education students list, Bridgewater State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Bridgewater State University are $11,397.

Read more about Music Education at Bridgewater State University

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Lowell, Massachusetts, this fairly large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s music teacher education students in 2019-2020.

UMass Lowell also took the #4 spot in our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts - Lowell are $26,990, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Massachusetts - Lowell Music Education Report

#4

Longy School of Music of Bard College

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Longy School of Music of Bard College landed the #4 spot on the list. Longy School of Music of Bard College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Longy did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Longy are $46,880, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Music Education at Longy School of Music of Bard College

#5

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts list. Boston University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 76 masters’s music teacher education degrees to qualified students.

Boston U also made our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666.

Read full report on Music Education at Boston U

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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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