2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Music Performance is the 103rd most popular major in the country with 7,957 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southeast region, there were 1,687 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 95 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the music performance program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region.
Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. This fairly large school is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, and it awarded 17 doctorate’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.
UNC Greensboro did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Greensboro are $21,918, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Tallahassee, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s music performance degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Florida State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida State are $26,707, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Southern Miss is a public institution located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree music performance students list, Southern Miss has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Mississippi are $10,896, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Shenandoah University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Shenandoah University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Winchester, Virginia. It awarded 11 doctorate’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.
Shenandoah not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Shenandoah University are $23,040.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. University of South Carolina - Columbia is a public institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UofSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region ranking. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 doctorate’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
Louisiana State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College are $29,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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With a ranking of #7, University of Miami did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Coral Gables, Florida. It awarded 9 doctorate’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.
U Miami not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Miami are $40,220, 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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