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2023 Most Popular Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Music Graduate Certificate School for You

Music is the #37 most popular major in the country with 7,675 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Most Popular Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 21 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Music program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for music majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our analysis found Indiana University - Bloomington to be the most popular school for music students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 55 students majoring in music at IU Bloomington, 53% are male and 47% are female.

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#2

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

About 54% of the students majoring in music at the school are women while 46% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Ohio University - Athens Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular music schools in the Great Lakes Region . OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Athens.

About 64% of the students majoring in music at the school are women while 36% are male.

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#4

Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roosevelt University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

About 60% of the students majoring in music at the school are women while 40% are male.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Northern Illinois University is a great place for music students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a large student population.

About 86% of the students majoring in music at the school are women while 14% are male.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Cleveland Institute of Music is a great place for music students working on their graduate certificate. Cleveland Institute of Music is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Cleveland.

Of the 7 students majoring in music at Cleveland Institute of Music, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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#7

Oberlin College

Oberlin, OH

Oberlin College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate music programs. Located in the town of Oberlin, Oberlin is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 33% of the students majoring in music at the school are women while 67% are male.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate music programs. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

Women make up 50% of the music majors at the school.

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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate music programs. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a large student population.

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#10

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population.

About 75% of the students majoring in music at the school are women while 25% are male.

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Best Music Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 299
Illinois 423
Ohio 474
Indiana 298
Wisconsin 61

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 21 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).

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