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

6 Ranked Colleges
67 Degrees Awarded
$17,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 67 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in music performance. 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This medium-sized school is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and it awarded 9 masters’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNI, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Iowa are $22,648.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Missouri - Kansas City is a fairly large school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 42 masters’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

UMKC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Missouri - Kansas City are $26,699, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UMKC Music Performance Report

#3

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wichita State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Wichita State University is a fairly large school located in Wichita, Kansas that handed out 8 masters’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

WSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wichita State University are $15,112.

Full WSU Music Performance Report

#4

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, Kansas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pittsburg State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Pitt State is a medium-sized public school situated in Pittsburg, Kansas. It awarded 3 masters’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

Pitt State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Pitt State are $19,320.

Read more about Music Performance at Pitt State

#5

Park University

Parkville, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Park University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Parkville, Missouri 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 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree music performance students whose families make $75-$110k list, Park University has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Park University are $6,224, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Music Performance at Park University

#6

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

Webster University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s music performance degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Webster did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Webster University are $13,500, 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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