2023 Best Music Master's Degree Schools in the New England 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.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Music Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the New England Region to see which master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region
Check out the music master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top 10 Best Music Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Dartmouth College the best school in the New England Region for music students working on their master’s degree. Dartmouth is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Hanover.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brandeis University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Brandeis is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Waltham.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Connecticut helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in the New England Region . UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.
Out of the 17 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.
With a ranking of #6, Brown University did quite well on this year’s best schools for music students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Yale University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of New Haven.
Longy School of Music of Bard College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Longy is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
With a ranking of #9, University of Rhode Island did quite well on this year’s best schools for music students working on their master’s degree. URI is a large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.
University of New Hampshire - Main Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Durham, UNH is a public school with a large student population.
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Best Music Colleges by State
Explore the best music colleges for a specific state in the New England region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 472 |
| Connecticut | 217 |
| Rhode Island | 8 |
| New Hampshire | 7 |
| Maine | 7 |
| Vermont | 7 |
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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 17 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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