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

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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Vallue Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

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.

This year’s “Best Vallue Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the music performance program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance (Income Over $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 Vallue Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k list. University of Northern Iowa is a medium-sized school located in Cedar Falls, Iowa that handed out 9 masters’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

UNI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Iowa are $22,648, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Music Performance at UNI

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k list. This fairly large school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 42 masters’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

UMKC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Missouri - Kansas City are $26,699, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UMKC Music Performance Report

#3

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wichita State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Wichita, Kansas, and it awarded 8 masters’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WSU, the school also landed the #3 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 Wichita State University are $15,112.

Read full report on Music Performance at Wichita State University

#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 Vallue Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Pittsburg State University is a public institution located in Pittsburg, Kansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Pitt State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pittsburg State University are $19,320, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on 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 Vallue Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Park University is a fairly large school located in Parkville, Missouri that handed out 1 masters’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree music performance students whose families make more than $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.

Full Park University Music Performance Report

#6

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

Webster University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Vallue Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Webster University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 4 masters’s music performance degrees 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 are $13,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Webster Music Performance Report

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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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