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2023 Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$32,490 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$19,244 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Graduate Certificate School for You

Music is the #21 most popular major in New York with 1,070 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. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for music students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Music

#1

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY

Our 2023 rankings named Brooklyn College the best value school in New York for music students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Brooklyn College are $11,522 per year.

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#2

Queens College

Queens, NY

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Queens College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in New York. QC is a large public school located in the city of Queens.

QC graduate students pay an average of $11,612 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Purchase College

Purchase, NY

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Purchase College is a great value for music students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Purchase, Purchase College is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purchase College are $13,193 per year.

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#4

New York University

New York, NY

Out of the 8 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the # 4 spot on the list. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NYU are $38,206 per year.

NYU also claimed a spot on our Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Columbia are $52,924 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Columbia is ranked #3 for overall quality for music in New York.

Full Music at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

#6

The Juilliard School

New York, NY

The Juilliard School ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. Juilliard is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Juilliard are $51,230 a year.

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#7

The New School

New York, NY

The New School ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. New School University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at New School University are $49,136 per year.

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Manhattan School of Music ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. Located in the city of New York, Manhattan School of Music is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Manhattan School of Music are $50,840 a year.

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Best Value Music Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Music Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 306
Maryland 176
New Jersey 126
District of Columbia 29
Delaware 26

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 8 schools only.

  • 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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