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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $75-$110k) in Pennsylvania

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 $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 $75-$110k” 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.

This year’s “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $75-$110k) in Pennsylvania

#1

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Chester University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k. West Chester, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music performance degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

WCUPA also took the #3 spot in our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at West Chester University of Pennsylvania are $16,758.

Full WCUPA Music Performance Report

#2

Messiah University

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Messiah University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k list. Messiah is a small school located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania that handed out 34 masters’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

Messiah also made our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Messiah are $12,780, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Music Performance at Messiah

#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Temple, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Temple Music Performance Report

#4

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 14 degrees to qualified masters’s music performance students in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon are $47,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Carnegie Mellon University Music Performance Report

#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 $75-$110k. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified masters’s music performance students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Duquesne, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duquesne 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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