2022 Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region
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In 2019-2020, 1,117 people earned their degree in music theory and composition, making the major the 415th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 29 music theory and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 music theory and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great music theory and composition programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the music theory and composition program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region.
Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music Theory & Composition in the Plains States Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Music Composition Schools for a Master’s 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 5 masters’s music composition degrees in 2019-2020.
UMKC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Music Theory & Composition Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Missouri - Kansas City are $26,699.
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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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