2023 Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools
Finding the Best Music Graduate Certificate School for You
Music is the #37 most popular major in the country with 7,675 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 69 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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2023 Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
Check out the music graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top 10 Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Messiah University to be the best school for music students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Messiah is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Mechanicsburg.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a very large student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at West Chester University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in the United States. Located in the large suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public school with a large student population.
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With a ranking of #6, Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well on this year’s best schools for music students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
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Texas Tech University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for music students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.
Carnegie Mellon University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for music students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.
Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
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| 11 | New York University | New York, NY |
| 12 | University of Connecticut | Storrs, CT |
| 13 | Western Illinois University | Macomb, IL |
Music by Region
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Music Related Rankings by Major
Music is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Music
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Fine & Studio Arts | 3,224 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 1,979 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 1,704 |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 1,699 |
| Arts & Media Management | 1,184 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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 the rest 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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