2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sacred Music in the Southeast Region

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 Sacred Music Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 508 people earned their degree in sacred music, making the major the 281st most popular in the United States. 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 the Southeast region, there were 249 sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,333 and $33,289 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 52 sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in sacred music. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality sacred music programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the sacred music program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sacred Music in the Southeast Region

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$8,349 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Liberty University is a large school located in Lynchburg, Virginia that handed out 34 masters’s sacred music degrees in 2019-2020.

Liberty University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Sacred Music 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 Liberty University are $8,349.

Full Liberty University Sacred Music Report

#2

University of Mobile

Mobile, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$11,580 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mobile. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Mobile, Alabama, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s sacred music students in 2019-2020.

University of Mobile also made our “Best Sacred Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Mobile are $11,580, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Sacred Music at University of Mobile

#3

Lee University

Cleveland, Tennessee

#3 in overall quality

$14,330 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lee University landed the #3 spot on the list. Lee University is located in Cleveland, Tennessee and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s sacred music degrees to qualified students.

Lee University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Sacred Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lee University are $14,330, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Lee University Sacred Music Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sacred Music

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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