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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
328 Degrees Awarded
$14,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Music Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Vallue Music Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that 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 Southwest region, there were 2,964 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,126 and $28,647 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 328 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Music Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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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Best Vallue Music Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Music Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Music Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Collin County Community College District landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in McKinney, Texas, this large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified associates’s music students in 2019-2020.

Collin County Community College District also made our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Collin County Community College District is $6,293 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Music students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Music at Collin County Community College District

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Music Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Austin Community College District is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District also took the #4 spot in our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Austin Community College District is $6,861 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Music students whose families make more than $110k.

Full Austin Community College District Music Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jacinto Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue Music Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. San Jacinto Community College is a public institution located in Pasadena, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

San Jacinto College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for San Jacinto Community College is $8,692 for southwest region associate degree music students whose families make more than $110k.

Full San Jacinto Community College Music Report

#4

South Plains College

Levelland, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Plains College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue Music Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. South Plains College is a medium-sized public school situated in Levelland, Texas. It awarded 12 associates’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

South Plains College also made our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $7,600 for southwest region associate degree music students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend South Plains College.

Read full report on Music at South Plains College

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Music Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Central Oklahoma is a public institution located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Central Oklahoma is $16,562 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Music students whose families make more than $110k.

Full UCO 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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