2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music Theory & Composition in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Music Theory & Composition is the 415th most popular major in the country with 1,117 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 263 music theory and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 music theory and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music theory and composition programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the music theory and composition program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree music composition students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music Theory & Composition in the New England Region

#1

Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$52,060 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brandeis University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Waltham, Massachusetts, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s music composition degrees in 2019-2020.

Brandeis also took the #1 spot in our “Best Music Theory & Composition Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brandeis University are $52,060, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Brandeis Music Theory & Composition Report

#2

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s music composition degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Boston U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Music Theory & Composition Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Music Theory & Composition at Boston U

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music Theory & Composition

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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