Just don’t look at the costs in the over six year old article posted above. They are higher now.
While these are someones choices for colleges worth the money (in 2017), I would argue that there are tons of colleges that are worth every penny to the families of students who attend.
But back to the topic of the thread. Enjoy some summer visits. See if you can connect with the applied instrument teachers where you visit. Our not music major kid was able to do so and these were wonderfully helpful to the kid when deciding where to apply (or not)