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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
128 Degrees Awarded
$36,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 1,680 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 128 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in music performance. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music performance programs, but they also cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance in the Great Lakes Region

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. UW - Madison is a public institution located in Madison, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and it awarded 30 doctorate’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC are $26,644, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. This large school is located in Bloomington, Indiana, and it awarded 51 doctorate’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

IU Bloomington also took the #2 spot in our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana University - Bloomington are $33,338.

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#4

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s music performance degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U-M, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Music Performance at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Cleveland Institute of Music did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. Cleveland Institute of Music is a small school located in Cleveland, Ohio that handed out 3 doctorate’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree music performance students list, Cleveland Institute of Music has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cleveland Institute of Music are $42,290, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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