2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music in Maryland

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,340 and $104,765 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in music. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great music programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the music program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 a Doctorate in Maryland” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$33,446 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 24 doctorate’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMCP, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s music students in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins also made our “Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins are $59,425.

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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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