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2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
52 Degrees Awarded
$13,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor's in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Music Performance is the 103rd most popular major in the country with 7,957 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Missouri, there were 123 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 52 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,837 and $25,380 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in music performance. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great music performance programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the music performance program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $0-$30k) in Missouri

#1

Truman State University

Kirksville, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Truman State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Kirksville, Missouri, this small public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s music performance students in 2019-2020.

Truman State also made our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $7,564 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Music Performance students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Truman State University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Truman State University Music Performance Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k list. UMKC is a fairly large school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 18 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

UMKC also took the #3 spot in our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UMKC is $12,065 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Music Performance students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full University of Missouri - Kansas City Music Performance Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri Southern State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Joplin, Missouri, this medium-sized public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s music performance students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our missouri bachelor’s degree music performance students whose families make $0-$30k list, Missouri Southern has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. It costs about $7,882 for missouri bachelor’s degree music performance students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Missouri Southern State University.

Read more about Music Performance at Missouri Southern

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k list. Missouri State is a large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 6 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The yearly cost to attend Missouri State University - Springfield is $12,527 for missouri bachelor’s degree music performance students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

Park University

Parkville, Missouri
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Park University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Parkville, Missouri, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

Park University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. It costs about $13,622 for missouri bachelor’s degree music performance students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Park University.

Read more about Music Performance at Park University

#6

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

Webster University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k list. Webster University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Webster not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The estimated yearly cost for Webster is $18,661 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Music Performance students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Webster University Music Performance Report

#7

Evangel University

Springfield, Missouri
#2 in overall quality

Evangel University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Evangel University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Evangel also made our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $21,243 for missouri bachelor’s degree music performance students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Evangel University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Evangel University Music Performance Report

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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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