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2022 Best Value Music Management Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
130 Degrees Awarded
$38,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Management Schools for a Master's For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Management Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 2,161 people earned their degree in music management, making the major the 306th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 130 music management graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Music Management Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in music management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the music management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Music Management Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree music management students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Management (Income $0-$30k)

#1

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Music Management Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Morgantown, West Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music management degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

WVU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Music Management Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WVU are $26,154, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Music Management at West Virginia University

#2

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Management Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 19 diplomas to qualified masters’s music management students in 2019-2020.

USC also made our “Best Music Management Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Music Management at USC

#3

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rochester. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Music Management Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Rochester is located in Rochester, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s music management degrees to qualified students.

University of Rochester did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Music Management Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rochester are $50,505, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Music Management at University of Rochester

#4

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Music Management Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Roosevelt University landed the #4 spot on the list. Roosevelt is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s music management degrees to qualified students.

Roosevelt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Music Management Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Roosevelt University are $21,605, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Roosevelt Music Management Report

#5

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Miami. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Music Management Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Coral Gables, Florida, and it awarded 20 masters’s music management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U Miami, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Music Management Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at U Miami are $40,220, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Music Management at University of Miami

#6

Berklee College of Music

Boston, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

Berklee College of Music did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Music Management Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. Berklee College of Music is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 75 masters’s music management degrees to qualified students.

Berklee College of Music also took the #3 spot in our “Best Music Management Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Berklee College of Music are $44,408, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Music Management at Berklee College of 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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