2022 Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in Maryland

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 an Associate in Maryland” 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 Maryland, there were 436 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,200 and $31,281 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,858 and $15,601 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in Maryland” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in Maryland

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland associate degree music students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Music in Maryland

#1

Cecil College

North East, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$8,085 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Music Schools for an Associate in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Cecil College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in North East, Maryland, and it awarded 8 associates’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

Cecil College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Music Associate Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Cecil College is $8,085 for maryland associate degree music students.

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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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