2022 Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Therapy Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across North Carolina, there were 23 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music therapy 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 therapy program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina master’s degree music therapy students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy (Income $30-$48k) in North Carolina

#1

Appalachian State University

Boone, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$21,439 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Appalachian State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boone, North Carolina, and it awarded 9 masters’s music therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Appalachian State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Appalachian State are $21,439, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Music Therapy at Appalachian State

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy (Income $30-$48k)

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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