2022 Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate 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 a Doctorate 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great music performance programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 a Doctorate in the Plains States Region”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music Performance in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Missouri - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$26,699 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Music Performance Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s music performance degrees in 2019-2020.

UMKC also made our “Best Music Performance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMKC are $26,699.

Read more about Music Performance at University of Missouri - Kansas City

• Best Value Doctor’s 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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