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2022 Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k

9 Ranked Colleges
47 Degrees Awarded
$40,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Master's For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 114 people earned their degree in brass instruments, making the major the 984th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 47 brass instruments graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in brass instruments. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality brass instruments 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 brass instruments program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Brass Instruments (Income $48-$75k)

#1

Rice University

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s brass instruments degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree brass instruments students whose families make $48-$75k list, Rice has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Brass Instruments Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rice are $47,913, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s brass instruments degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also made our “Best Brass Instruments Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Washington - Seattle Campus are $30,294.

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#3

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Southern California is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s brass instruments degrees to qualified students.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Brass Instruments Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Manhattan School of Music

New York, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manhattan School of Music. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in New York, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 11 degrees to qualified masters’s brass instruments students in 2019-2020.

Manhattan School of Music also took the #5 spot in our “Best Brass Instruments Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Manhattan School of Music are $49,270, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Brass Instruments at Manhattan School of Music

#5

Longy School of Music of Bard College

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Longy School of Music of Bard College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Longy is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s brass instruments degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our master’s degree brass instruments students whose families make $48-$75k list, Longy has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Brass Instruments Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Longy School of Music of Bard College are $46,880, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois
#9 in overall quality

Roosevelt University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Roosevelt University is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s brass instruments degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our master’s degree brass instruments students whose families make $48-$75k list, Roosevelt has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Brass Instruments Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Roosevelt University are $21,605.

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#7

Ithaca College

Ithaca, New York
#4 in overall quality

Ithaca College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Ithaca, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s brass instruments students in 2019-2020.

Ithaca did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Brass Instruments Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ithaca are $22,056.

Read more about Brass Instruments at Ithaca

#8

The Juilliard School

New York, New York
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, The Juilliard School did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Juilliard is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 6 masters’s brass instruments degrees in 2019-2020.

Juilliard also took the #3 spot in our “Best Brass Instruments Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Juilliard are $49,260.

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#9

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

San Francisco, California
#6 in overall quality

San Francisco Conservatory of Music did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Brass Instruments Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #9. San Francisco Conservatory of Music is located in San Francisco, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s brass instruments degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our master’s degree brass instruments students whose families make $48-$75k list, SFCM has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Brass Instruments Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SFCM are $49,050, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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