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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music Performance in the Middle Atlantic Region

6 Ranked Colleges
75 Degrees Awarded
$7,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,627 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 75 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music Performance in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Finger Lakes Community College

Canandaigua, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Finger Lakes Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region. This medium-sized school is located in Canandaigua, New York, and it awarded 9 associates’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

Finger Lakes Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Music Performance Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Finger Lakes Community College is $9,543 for middle atlantic region associate degree music performance students.

Read full report on Music Performance at Finger Lakes Community College

#2

Onondaga Community College

Syracuse, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Onondaga Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region. OCC is a public institution located in Syracuse, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 21 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

OCC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Music Performance Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $7,390 for middle atlantic region associate degree music performance students per year to attend Onondaga Community College.

Read full report on Music Performance at Onondaga Community College

#3

Cecil College

North East, Maryland
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cecil College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in North East, Maryland, this small public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified associates’s music performance students in 2019-2020.

Cecil College also made our “Best Music Performance Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $8,085 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Music Performance students per year to attend Cecil College.

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#4

Monroe Community College

Rochester, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Monroe Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This fairly large school is located in Rochester, New York, and it awarded 4 associates’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

Monroe Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Music Performance Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $6,830 for middle atlantic region associate degree music performance students per year to attend Monroe Community College.

Read full report on Music Performance at Monroe Community College

#5

Nassau Community College

Garden City, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nassau Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region. Nassau Community College is a public institution located in Garden City, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Nassau Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Music Performance Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Nassau Community College is $4,594 for middle atlantic region associate degree music performance students.

Full Nassau Community College Music Performance Report

#6

Adirondack Community College

Queensbury, New York
#6 in overall quality

Adirondack Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. SUNY Adirondack is a small public school situated in Queensbury, New York. It awarded 3 associates’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Adirondack did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Music Performance Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Adirondack Community College is $8,558 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Music Performance students.

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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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