2023 Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 17 schools in the New England Region 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.
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2023 Best Value 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 value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Music Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found University of Hartford to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the New England Region . UHart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of West Hartford.
UHart graduate students pay an average of $15,202 in tuition and fees each year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Dartmouth College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in the New England Region . Dartmouth is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the town of Hanover.
Dartmouth graduate students pay an average of $59,283 in tuition and fees each year.
Dartmouth did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Brandeis University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Brandeis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Waltham.
Brandeis graduate students pay an average of $53,618 in tuition and fees each year.
Out of the 17 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the # 4 spot on the list. URI is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at URI are $29,774 a year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in the New England Region . Located in the small suburb of Durham, UNH is a public school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNH are $29,992 per year.
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University of Connecticut ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 per year.
University of Southern Maine came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the small city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Southern Maine are $22,968 per year.
Yale University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree music programs. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of New Haven.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Yale are $45,700 a year.
Yale not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
University of Massachusetts - Lowell ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. UMass Lowell is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Lowell.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Lowell are $26,990 per year.
University of Maine came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMaine are $29,490 a year.
Best Music Colleges by State
Explore the best music schools 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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Majors Related to Music
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.
- 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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