2022 Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Music Therapy is the 530th most popular major in the country with 686 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 64 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The music therapy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree music therapy students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. KU is a large school located in Lawrence, Kansas that handed out 3 masters’s music therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

KU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full KU Music Therapy Report

#2

Augsburg University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

$13,165 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Augsburg University landed the #2 spot on the list. Augsburg University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 1 masters’s music therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Augsburg, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Augsburg University are $13,165, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Music Therapy at Augsburg University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy (Income $75-$110k)

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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