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2022 Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in North Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
2 Degrees Awarded
$11,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in North Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Schools for a Doctorate in North Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 North Dakota, there were 68 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,700 and $26,875 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,500 and $84,163 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great music 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 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in North Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in North Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in North Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music (Income $30-$48k) in North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in North Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 2 doctorate’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Dakota” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University are $11,589.

Full North Dakota State University Music Report

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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