2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Music in Colorado

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Music Schools for a Master’s in Colorado” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Music is the 68th most popular major in the country with 11,573 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Colorado, there were 416 general music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 133 general music graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Music Schools for a Master’s in Colorado” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general music. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general music 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 general music program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value General Music Schools for a Master’s in Colorado” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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 General Music Schools for a Master’s in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Music Schools for a Master’s in Colorado.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Music in Colorado

#1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Music Schools for a Master’s in Colorado. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general music degrees to 65 students in 2019-2020.

Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Music Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055.

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#2

University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, Colorado

#3 in overall quality

$21,708 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Colorado. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Music Schools for a Master’s in Colorado. Greeley, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general music degrees to 36 students in 2019-2020.

University of Northern Colorado also made our “Best General Music Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Colorado are $21,708.

Read full report on General Music at University of Northern Colorado

#3

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Music Schools for a Master’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Denver is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 32 masters’s general music degrees in 2019-2020.

DU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Music Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at DU are $52,899, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Music at University of Denver

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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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