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2023 Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

23 Colleges
$24,832 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,036 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Master's Degree 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.

The Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 23 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in New York

Check out the music master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Music Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found The Graduate Center, CUNY to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a master’s degree in New York. The Graduate Center is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of New York.

The Graduate Center graduate students pay an average of $10,410 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

The Graduate Center also made our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in New York list, coming in at #3.

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#2

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY

The excellent master’s degree programs at Brooklyn College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in New York. Located in the large city of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Brooklyn College are $11,522 a year.

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#3

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Binghamton University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Vestal, Binghamton University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Binghamton University are $13,780 per year.

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#4

SUNY Fredonia

Fredonia, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Fredonia. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. SUNY Fredonia is a small public school located in the distant town of Fredonia.

SUNY Fredonia graduate students pay an average of $13,000 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Hunter College

New York, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Hunter College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Hunter is a very large public school located in the large city of New York.

Hunter graduate students pay an average of $11,398 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Ithaca College

Ithaca, NY

Ithaca College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in New York ranking. Located in the suburb of Ithaca, Ithaca is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Ithaca graduate students pay an average of $22,206 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Ithaca is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in New York list.

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#7

Nazareth College

Rochester, NY

Nazareth College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Nazareth is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Rochester.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Nazareth are $18,520 a year.

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#8

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

University at Buffalo ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the large suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at University at Buffalo are $14,388 a year.

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#9

Queens College

Queens, NY

Queens College 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 #9 on the list. QC is a large public school located in the city of Queens.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at QC are $11,612 a year.

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#9

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Stony Brook University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. SUNY Stony Brook is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Stony Brook.

SUNY Stony Brook graduate students pay an average of $13,838 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Music Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Music Schools 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 23 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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