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2023 Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in California

3 Colleges
$19,244 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Graduate Certificate School for You

With 629 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, music is the #40 most popular major in California.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in California to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for music majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top California Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Music

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the best school for music students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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#2

University of Redlands

Redlands, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Redlands. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the small city of Redlands, University of Redlands is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Out of the 3 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, San Francisco Conservatory of Music landed the # 3 spot on the list. SFCM is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

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Best Music Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Music Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 63
Oregon 74
Nevada 33
Hawaii 8
Alaska 0

One of 9 majors within the area of study, music has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 3 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).

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