2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy (Income $48-$75k)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the music therapy program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree music therapy students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy (Income $48-$75k)

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #1 spot on the list. Temple University is a public institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple also took the #1 spot in our “Best Music Therapy Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver.

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