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2022 Best Value Music History Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

3 Ranked Colleges
10 Degrees Awarded
$38,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music History Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Music History Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Music History is the 819th most popular major in the country with 193 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 music history graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music History Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in music history. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music history programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the music history program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The music history school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Music History Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Music History Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music History Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music History (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music History Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s music history students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree music history students with aid list, U-M has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Music History Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548.

Read full report on Music History at U-M

#2

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music History Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s music history degrees to qualified students.

UK also made our “Best Music History Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kentucky are $33,216, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UK Music History Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Music History Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s music history students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree music history students with aid list, CU - Boulder has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Music History Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU - Boulder are $32,980, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Music History at University of Colorado Boulder

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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