2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Sacred Music in Virginia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Sacred Music Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Sacred Music is the 281st most popular major in the country with 508 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, sacred music graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,900 and had an average of $33,289 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 113 sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,000 and $33,289 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great sacred music programs and 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 sacred music program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia” list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique 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 Sacred Music Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Sacred Music in Virginia

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$8,349 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia list. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 24 degrees to qualified doctorate’s sacred music students in 2019-2020.

Liberty University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Sacred Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Liberty University are $8,349.

Read full report on Sacred Music at Liberty 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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