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2022 Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
339 Degrees Awarded
$11,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in music. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the music program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree music students with aid.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Valencia College

Orlando, Florida

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Valencia College landed the #1 spot on the list. Valencia College is a large public school situated in Orlando, Florida. It awarded 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 $5,205 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Music students with aid.

Read full report on Music at Valencia College

#2

Daytona State College

Daytona Beach, Florida

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Daytona State College landed the #2 spot on the list. Daytona State College is a fairly large public school situated in Daytona Beach, Florida. It awarded 17 associates’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Daytona State College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Daytona State College is $8,789 for southeast region associate degree music students with aid.

Read full report on Music at Daytona State College

#3

Miami Dade College

Miami, Florida
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami Dade College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Miami, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s music degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

MDC also made our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $4,842 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Music students with aid per year to attend MDC.

Read full report on Music at Miami Dade College

#4

Trevecca Nazarene University

Nashville, Tennessee
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trevecca Nazarene University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Trevecca Nazarene University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 7 associates’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TNU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Trevecca Nazarene University is $17,499 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Music students with aid.

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#5

Nashville State Community College

Nashville, Tennessee
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nashville State Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Nashville State Community College is a medium-sized school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 3 associates’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree music students with aid list, Nashville State Community College has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $7,669 for southeast region associate degree music students with aid per year to attend Nashville State Community College.

Read full report on Music at Nashville State Community College

#6

Chattanooga State Community College

Chattanooga, Tennessee
#6 in overall quality

Chattanooga State Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified associates’s music students in 2019-2020.

Chattanooga State Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Chattanooga State Community College is $6,742 for southeast region associate degree music students with aid.

Full Chattanooga State Community College Music Report

#7

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida
#7 in overall quality

Full Sail University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. 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 also took the #7 spot in our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Full Sail University is $27,524 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Music students with aid.

Full Full Sail 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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