2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy in the Southeast Region
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Music Therapy is the 530th most popular major in the country with 686 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southeast region, there were 173 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 48 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in music therapy. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great music therapy programs and cost less that 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.
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Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region.
Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Therapy in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Shenandoah University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Shenandoah is a small school located in Winchester, Virginia that handed out 7 masters’s music therapy degrees in 2019-2020.
Shenandoah also made our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Shenandoah are $23,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Tallahassee, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music therapy degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree music therapy students list, Florida State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Florida State are $26,707.
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Appalachian State University landed the #3 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 #5 spot in our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Appalachian State are $21,439, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia College & State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Georgia College is a medium-sized school located in Milledgeville, Georgia that handed out 6 masters’s music therapy degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree music therapy students list, Georgia College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia College & State University are $20,868, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University New Orleans landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s music therapy students in 2019-2020.
Loyola New Orleans also made our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola New Orleans are $17,906, but some majors have different tuition rates.
University of Kentucky ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Music Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 3 masters’s music therapy degrees in 2019-2020.
UK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kentucky are $33,216.
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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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