2022 Best Value Voice Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Voice Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 722 people earned their degree in voice performance, making the major the 516th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 80 voice performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 37 voice performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Voice Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in voice performance. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent voice performance 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 voice performance program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Voice Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Voice Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Voice Performance in California (With Aid)

#1

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Voice Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 8 masters’s voice degrees in 2019-2020.

USC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Voice Performance Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Voice Performance at University of Southern California

#2

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$49,050 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco Conservatory of Music. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Voice Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. San Francisco, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s voice degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SFCM, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Voice Performance Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SFCM are $49,050, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Voice Performance at San Francisco Conservatory of Music

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Voice Performance in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Voice Performance (With Aid)

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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