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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music Performance in the Plains States Region

1 Ranked Colleges
2 Degrees Awarded
$8,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 271 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music Performance in the Plains States Region

#1

Northeast Community College

Norfolk, Nebraska
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. Northeast is a medium-sized public school situated in Norfolk, Nebraska. It awarded 2 associates’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeast not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Music Performance Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Northeast is $8,749 for plains states 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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