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2026 Best Value Acoustics Schools in New York
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the acoustics degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Acoustics Schools
For return on investment in acoustics, no school beat New York University this year. Located in the city of New York, New York University is a very large private not-for-profit university. Students from in state pay about $62,796 in tuition and fees. Acoustics graduates carry a median of $22,750 in student loans. Soon after graduation, acoustics degree recipients from New York University generally make around $34,624. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value. Roughly 9% of applicants are accepted.
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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[Acoustics](/majors/physical-sciences/physics/acoustics/) is a field worth comparing on the balance of cost and outcomes. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.
