2023 Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
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.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in the Southwest Region 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 the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for music majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Top 10 Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best school for music students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas Christian University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Arlington. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the large city of Arlington.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
With a ranking of #6, Southern Methodist University did quite well on this year’s best schools for music students working on their graduate certificate. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas.
With a ranking of #7, University of North Texas did quite well on this year’s best schools for music students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a very large student population.
Northern Arizona University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate music programs. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.
University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate music programs. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.
Best Music Colleges by State
Explore the best music colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Texas | 598 |
Arizona | 155 |
Oklahoma | 105 |
New Mexico | 25 |
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Music Related Rankings by Major
Music is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 10 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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