2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy in Missouri

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Bachelor’s in Missouri” 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.

Across Missouri, there were 19 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,837 and $25,380 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in music therapy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music therapy programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Bachelor’s in Missouri” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy in Missouri

#1

Maryville University of Saint Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$29,064 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. Maryville University of Saint Louis is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 6 bachelors’s music therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Maryville U also took the #1 spot in our “Best Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. It costs about $29,064 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Music Therapy students per year to attend Maryville U.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Music Therapy at Maryville U

#2

Drury University

Springfield, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$18,419 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Drury University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s music therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drury University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Drury University is $18,419 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Music Therapy students.

Read more about Music Therapy at Drury University

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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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