2022 Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in Utah For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Schools for an Associate in Utah For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Music is the 40th most popular major in the country with 27,047 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, music graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,639 and had an average of $28,653 in loans still to pay off.

Across Utah, there were 321 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,467 and $16,276 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 29 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in Utah For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in music. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music 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 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 Schools for an Associate in Utah For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in Utah For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music (Income $0-$30k) in Utah

#1

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$5,786 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salt Lake Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in Utah For Those Making $0-$30k list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s music degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Salt Lake Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in Utah” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Salt Lake Community College is $5,786 for utah associate degree music students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

Utah Valley University

Orem, Utah

#2 in overall quality

$7,334 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in Utah For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah Valley University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Orem, Utah, and it awarded 1 associates’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

UVU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in Utah” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Utah Valley University is $7,334 for utah associate degree music students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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