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2022 Best Value General Music Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
126 Degrees Awarded
$22,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Music Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value General Music Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 11,573 people earned their degree in general music, making the major the 68th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,757 general music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 126 general music graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Music Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general music. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general 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 general music 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 General Music Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree general music students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Music (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Music Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UNT is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 3 doctorate’s general music degrees in 2019-2020.

UNT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Texas are $15,618, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Music at University of North Texas

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Music Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school awarded 20 degrees to qualified doctorate’s general music students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas Tech University General Music Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Music Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 31 doctorate’s general music degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Music at The University of Texas at Austin

#4

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Music Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #4 spot on the list. UH is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 7 doctorate’s general music degrees in 2019-2020.

UH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston are $18,689, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UH General Music Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Music Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #5 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 44 doctorate’s general music degrees to qualified students.

ASU - Tempe also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048.

Full Arizona State University - Tempe General Music Report

#6

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

University of Arizona ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value General Music Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 21 degrees to qualified doctorate’s general music students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Music at University of Arizona

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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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