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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance in the New England Region (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
196 Degrees Awarded
$45,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master's in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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

Across the New England region, there were 596 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 196 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in music performance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music performance programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the music performance program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree music performance students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality
$44,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. New Haven, Connecticut 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 25 students in 2019-2020.

Yale not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale University are $44,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality
$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Harvard University is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s music performance degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Harvard, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654.

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#3

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. UMaine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 1 masters’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maine are $28,352, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality
$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #4 spot on the list. Boston University is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 50 masters’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U also took the #2 spot in our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Longy School of Music of Bard College

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality
$46,880 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Longy School of Music of Bard College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Longy School of Music of Bard College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Longy also took the #5 spot in our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Longy School of Music of Bard College are $46,880, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

Berklee College of Music

Boston, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality
$44,408 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Berklee College of Music came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Berklee College of Music is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 109 masters’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

Berklee College of Music not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Berklee College of Music are $44,408, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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%.

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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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