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2022 Best Vallue Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making Over $110k

2 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$38,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making Over $110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across California, there were 856 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in music performance. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music performance programs, but they also 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.

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Best Vallue Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california doctor’s degree music performance students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income Over $110k) in California

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in La Jolla, California, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s music performance students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our california doctor’s degree music performance students whose families make more than $110k list, UCSD has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Diego are $28,631, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #2 spot on the list. USC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

USC also made our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, 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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