2022 Best Value Voice Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

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 Voice Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” 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 the Far Western US region, there were 100 voice performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 40 voice performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Voice Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in voice performance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality voice performance programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Voice Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Voice Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Voice Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Voice Performance in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Voice Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 8 masters’s voice degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Voice Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Southern California Voice Performance Report

#2

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

San Francisco, California

#2 in overall quality

$49,050 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Francisco Conservatory of Music. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Voice Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region. Located in San Francisco, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 29 diplomas to qualified masters’s voice students in 2019-2020.

SFCM also made our “Best Voice Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at San Francisco Conservatory of Music are $49,050, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full San Francisco Conservatory of Music Voice Performance 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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