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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $48-$75k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

1 Ranked Colleges
30 Degrees Awarded
$33,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 238 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music performance programs, but they also 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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Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region doctor’s degree music performance students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $48-$75k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boulder, Colorado, and it awarded 30 doctorate’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU - Boulder are $32,980, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Music Performance at University of Colorado Boulder

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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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