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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

4 Ranked Colleges
32 Degrees Awarded
$22,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 686 people earned their degree in music therapy, making the major the 530th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 159 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in music therapy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music therapy programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the music therapy 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 Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s music therapy degrees to qualified students.

IUPUI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at IUPUI are $26,013, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s music therapy students in 2019-2020.

WMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WMU are $31,355.

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#3

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana. It awarded 10 masters’s music therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

SMWC also made our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SMWC are $12,450.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Athens, Ohio, this large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s music therapy students in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens also made our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at OHIO Athens are $17,712.

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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%.

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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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