2022 Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Pennsylvania, there were 945 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,158 and $28,123 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 3 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania

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

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music in Pennsylvania

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania. Temple is a large public school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 8 doctorate’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Temple, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236.

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#2

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$40,836 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania list. Pitt is a large public school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 5 doctorate’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

Pitt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Pitt are $40,836.

Read more about Music at Pitt

#3

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$41,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Music Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s music students in 2019-2020.

UPenn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pennsylvania are $41,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Music

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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