2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Southeast region, there were 1,687 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 64 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The music performance school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region”.

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Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree music performance students.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music Performance in the Southeast Region

#1

Trevecca Nazarene University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$17,499 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trevecca Nazarene University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 6 associates’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

TNU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Music Performance Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $17,499 for southeast region associate degree music performance students per year to attend Trevecca Nazarene University.

Read full report on Music Performance at Trevecca Nazarene University

#2

Nashville State Community College

Nashville, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$7,669 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Nashville State Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Nashville State Community College is a medium-sized school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 3 associates’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

Nashville State Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Music Performance Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Nashville State Community College is $7,669 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Music Performance students.

Full Nashville State Community College Music Performance Report

#3

Chattanooga State Community College

Chattanooga, Tennessee

#3 in overall quality

$6,742 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chattanooga State Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Chattanooga State Community College is a public institution located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Chattanooga State Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Music Performance Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Chattanooga State Community College is $6,742 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Music Performance students.

Full Chattanooga State Community College Music Performance Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music Performance

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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