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2023 Best Music Master's Degree Schools in Texas

19 Colleges
$27,036 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Master's Degree School for You

With 598 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, music is the #30 most popular major in Texas.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 19 schools in Texas 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 Texas

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 analysis found Sam Houston State University to be the best school for music students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Texas. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Huntsville.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public school located in the city of Edinburg.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at The University of Texas at El Paso helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in Texas. UTEP is a very large public school located in the city of El Paso.

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#5

Rice University

Houston, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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#6

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

With a ranking of #6, Texas Christian University did quite well on this year’s best schools for music students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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West Texas A&M University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. West Texas A&M University is a moderately-sized public school located in the fringe town of Canyon.

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With a ranking of #8, Texas A&M University - Commerce did quite well on this year’s best schools for music students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The University of Texas at Arlington ranked #9 on this year’s Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

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Texas Woman’s University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Music Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Music Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 155
Oklahoma 105
New Mexico 25

Music is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

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 19 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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