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2022 Best Value Other Music Schools for a Doctorate

5 Ranked Colleges
32 Degrees Awarded
$34,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Other Music Schools for a Doctorate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Other Music Schools for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Other Music is the 365th most popular major in the country with 1,262 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 32 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Music Schools for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in other music. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other music programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other music 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 Other Music Schools for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree other music students.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Music

#1

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Other Music Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hartford landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in West Hartford, Connecticut, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s other music degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree other music students list, UHart has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Other Music Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UHart are $14,847, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Other Music at UHart

#2

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Other Music Schools for a Doctorate. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s other music students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree other music students list, UofSC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Other Music Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofSC are $30,160, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Other Music at UofSC

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Other Music Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Irvine, California, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s other music degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree other music students list, UC Irvine has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Other Music Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Irvine are $28,456, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Other Music at University of California - Irvine

#4

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Other Music Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #4 spot on the list. George Mason University is a large public school situated in Fairfax, Virginia. It awarded 6 doctorate’s other music degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Other Music Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Mason University are $37,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full GMU Other Music Report

#5

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Other Music Schools for a Doctorate list. This fairly large school is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s other music degrees in 2019-2020.

Yale also made our “Best Other Music Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Yale are $44,500.

Full Yale Other Music Report

#6

The Juilliard School

New York, New York
#6 in overall quality

The Juilliard School landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Other Music Schools for a Doctorate ranking. New York, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s other music degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Juilliard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Other Music Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Juilliard are $49,260, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full The Juilliard School Other Music Report

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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