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2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
128 Degrees Awarded
$36,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,680 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 128 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the music performance 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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The music performance 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 Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree music performance students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#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 Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this large public school handed out 21 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s music performance students in 2019-2020.

U-M also took the #1 spot in our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also made our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Indiana University - Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 51 doctorate’s music performance degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IU Bloomington, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at IU Bloomington are $33,338.

Read more about Music Performance at Indiana University - Bloomington

#4

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Michigan State is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 14 doctorate’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also made our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. UC is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 30 doctorate’s music performance degrees to qualified students.

UC also took the #5 spot in our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus are $26,644.

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#6 in overall quality

Cleveland Institute of Music came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Cleveland, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s music performance degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree music performance students whose families make $0-$30k list, Cleveland Institute of Music has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cleveland Institute of Music are $42,290.

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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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