2022 Best Value Music Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s in Wisconsin” 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 Wisconsin, there were 377 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,617 and $24,260 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Music Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Music Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music in Wisconsin

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$21,508 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Music Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin list. UW - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 19 masters’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also took the #1 spot in our “Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Music at UW - Madison

#2

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$25,295 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$29,685 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Music Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin list. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is a large public school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 32 masters’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

UWM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UWM are $25,295, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UWM Music Report

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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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