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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music in Colorado (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
189 Degrees Awarded
$31,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Music Schools for a Master's in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

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 Value Music Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” 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 Colorado, there were 585 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,256 and $31,048 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 189 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Music Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music in Colorado (With Aid)

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s music students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our colorado master’s degree music students with aid list, CU Anschutz has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU Anschutz are $23,915, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid list. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a public institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 65 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colorado State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Colorado. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Music Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid list. Greeley, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music degrees to 36 students in 2019-2020.

University of Northern Colorado did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Colorado are $21,708, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Northern Colorado Music Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Music Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid. University of Colorado Boulder is a public institution located in Boulder, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 46 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also made our “Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980.

Full University of Colorado Boulder Music Report

#5

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Denver. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Music Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid. University of Denver is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 32 masters’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

DU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at DU are $52,899.

Read full report on Music at University of Denver

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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