2023 Best Music Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Finding the Best Music Master's Degree 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.
The Best Music Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 39 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for music majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best Music Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Michigan State University the best school in the Great Lakes Region for music students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Eastern Illinois University is a great place for music students working on their master’s degree. EIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Charleston.
Out of the 39 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Ohio State University - Main Campus is a great place for music students working on their master’s degree. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbus.
Miami University - Oxford did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for music students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Miami University - Oxford is a large public school located in the fringe town of Oxford.
Western Illinois University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.
Ball State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree music programs. Ball State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Muncie.
With a ranking of #9, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s best schools for music students working on their master’s degree. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.
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With a ranking of #10, Carthage College did quite well on this year’s best schools for music students working on their master’s degree. Carthage is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Kenosha.
Best Music Colleges by State
Explore the best music schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 299 |
| Illinois | 423 |
| Ohio | 474 |
| Indiana | 298 |
| Wisconsin | 61 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| 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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