2022 Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in New York

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 New York” ranking.

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

Across New York, there were 69 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 36 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in New York” 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.

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 Master’s in New York” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in New York

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york master’s degree music therapy students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy in New York

#1

SUNY New Paltz

New Paltz, New York

#2 in overall quality

$24,389 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY New Paltz. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in New York list. SUNY New Paltz is a medium-sized school located in New Paltz, New York that handed out 20 masters’s music therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY New Paltz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SUNY New Paltz are $24,389.

Read more about Music Therapy at SUNY New Paltz

#2

Molloy College

Rockville Centre, New York

#1 in overall quality

$22,650 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Molloy College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in New York. Located in Rockville Centre, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s music therapy students in 2019-2020.

Molloy also made our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Molloy College are $22,650, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Molloy Music Therapy Report

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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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