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2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

1 Ranked Colleges
11 Degrees Awarded
$26,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 271 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great music performance programs and cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. UMKC is a fairly large school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 11 doctorate’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMKC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMKC are $26,699, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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