2022 Best Value Other Music Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

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 Other Music Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 286 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Music Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other music. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other music programs and cost less that 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 in the Southeast Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Music in the Southeast Region

#1

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Music Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. UofSC is a large public school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 6 doctorate’s other music degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UofSC are $30,160.

Read more about Other Music at UofSC

#2

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Music Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #2 spot on the list. GMU is a large school located in Fairfax, Virginia that handed out 6 doctorate’s other music degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU also made our “Best Other Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Mason University are $37,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Other Music at George Mason University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Music

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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