2022 Best Value Acoustics Schools for a Master’s

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Acoustics Schools for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 123 people earned their degree in acoustics, making the major the 1010th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 69 acoustics graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Acoustics Schools for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in acoustics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent acoustics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the acoustics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Acoustics Schools for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree acoustics students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Acoustics

#1

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

University Park, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$38,728 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Acoustics Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania State University - University Park landed the #1 spot on the list.

In addition to being on our master’s degree acoustics students list, Penn State University Park has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Acoustics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pennsylvania State University - University Park are $38,728, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Acoustics at Penn State University Park

#2

New York University

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$36,892 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Acoustics Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 58 masters’s acoustics degrees in 2019-2020.

NYU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Acoustics Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at New York University are $36,892.

Read more about Acoustics at NYU

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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