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2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
67 Degrees Awarded
$34,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 7,957 people earned their degree in music performance, making the major the 103rd most popular in the United States.

Across New York, there were 864 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 67 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,095 and $123,917 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in music performance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music performance 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 music performance program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $0-$30k) in New York

#1

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rochester. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Rochester is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Rochester, New York. It awarded 23 doctorate’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Rochester not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rochester are $50,505, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Music Performance at University of Rochester

#2

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stony Brook University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $0-$30k. SUNY Stony Brook is located in Stony Brook, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 26 doctorate’s music performance degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY Stony Brook, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SUNY Stony Brook are $25,583, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Stony Brook University Music Performance Report

#3

Five Towns College

Dix Hills, New York
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Five Towns College landed the #3 spot on the list. Five Towns College is a small school located in Dix Hills, New York that handed out 2 doctorate’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

Five Towns College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Five Towns College are $25,370, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Music Performance at Five Towns College

#4

New York University

New York, New York
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #4 spot on the list. NYU is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s music performance degrees to qualified students.

NYU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892.

Read full report on Music Performance at NYU

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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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