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2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k

5 Ranked Colleges
112 Degrees Awarded
$25,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master's in Pennsylvania 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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking.

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

Across Pennsylvania, there were 357 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 112 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k” 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. 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 Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $48-$75k) in Pennsylvania

#1

Messiah University

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Messiah University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k. Messiah University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 34 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Messiah did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Messiah University are $12,780, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Music Performance at Messiah University

#2

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Chester University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k list. This fairly large school is located in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 10 masters’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WCUPA, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at West Chester University of Pennsylvania are $16,758, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full West Chester University of Pennsylvania Music Performance Report

#3

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #3 spot on the list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s music performance degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon University are $47,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Music Performance at Carnegie Mellon

#4

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music performance degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

Temple not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236.

Read more about Music Performance at Temple

#5

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duquesne University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k. This medium-sized school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 22 masters’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

Duquesne not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duquesne University are $24,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Music Performance at Duquesne

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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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