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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region

5 Ranked Colleges
196 Degrees Awarded
$45,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master's in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the New England region, there were 596 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 196 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region

#1

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Yale University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Yale University is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Haven, Connecticut. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 25 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Yale also took the #1 spot in our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Yale University are $44,500.

Full Yale Music Performance Report

#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Harvard University is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s music performance degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree music performance students whose families make $30-$48k list, Harvard has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Harvard Music Performance Report

#3

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 50 degrees to qualified masters’s music performance students in 2019-2020.

Boston U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #4 spot on the list. UMaine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 1 masters’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also took the #0 spot in our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMaine are $28,352, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

Berklee College of Music

Boston, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Berklee College of Music. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Berklee College of Music is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 109 masters’s music performance degrees to qualified students.

Berklee College of Music also made our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Berklee College of Music are $44,408, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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