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2022 Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

7 Ranked Colleges
339 Degrees Awarded
$10,625 Avg Student Debt
Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 the Southeast region, there were 5,527 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,034 and $26,370 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 339 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in music. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music programs that also have a lower cost than 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.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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 Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree music students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Valencia College

Orlando, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valencia College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Valencia College is a large school located in Orlando, Florida that handed out 48 associates’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

Valencia College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Valencia College is $7,650 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Music students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Music at Valencia College

#2

Miami Dade College

Miami, Florida
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami Dade College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Miami Dade College is a large public school situated in Miami, Florida. It awarded 25 associates’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

MDC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Miami Dade College is $6,704 for southeast region associate degree music students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Music at Miami Dade College

#3

Daytona State College

Daytona Beach, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Daytona State College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Daytona Beach, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s music degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

Daytona State College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Daytona State College is $11,010 for southeast region associate degree music students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Music at Daytona State College

#4

Trevecca Nazarene University

Nashville, Tennessee
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Trevecca Nazarene University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified associates’s music students in 2019-2020.

TNU also made our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Trevecca Nazarene University is $17,587 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Music students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Music at Trevecca Nazarene University

#5

Nashville State Community College

Nashville, Tennessee
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nashville State Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s music degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Nashville State Community College also made our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Nashville State Community College is $9,193 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Music students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Music at Nashville State Community College

#6

Chattanooga State Community College

Chattanooga, Tennessee
#6 in overall quality

Chattanooga State Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Chattanooga State Community College is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s music degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Chattanooga State Community College, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $8,581 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Music students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Chattanooga State Community College.

Read full report on Music at Chattanooga State Community College

#7

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida
#7 in overall quality

Full Sail University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Full Sail University is a large school located in Winter Park, Florida that handed out 65 associates’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

Full Sail University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Full Sail University is $27,044 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Music students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Music at Full Sail University

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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