2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Education in Alabama

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Alabama” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across Alabama, there were 34 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Alabama” list to help you make the college decision.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Alabama.

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

#1

Samford University

Birmingham, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$21,227 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Samford University landed the #1 spot on the list. Samford is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Birmingham, Alabama. It awarded 5 masters’s music teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

Samford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Samford are $21,227, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Music Education at Samford

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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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