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2023 Most Popular Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England 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.

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the New England 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Music Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named The New England Conservatory of Music the most popular school in the New England Region for music students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Boston, The New England Conservatory of Music is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 67% of the music majors at the school.

Full Music at The New England Conservatory of Music Report

#2

Boston University

Boston, MA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Boston University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular music schools in the New England Region . Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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

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Out of the 9 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Longy School of Music of Bard College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Cambridge, Longy is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Women make up 56% of the music majors at the school.

Read full report on Music at Longy School of Music of Bard College

Out of the 9 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Berklee College of Music landed the # 4 spot on the list. Berklee College of Music is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Of the 8 students majoring in music at Berklee College of Music, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Full Music at Berklee College of Music Report

#5

Yale University

New Haven, CT

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Yale University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular music schools in the New England Region . Yale is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of New Haven.

Read full report on Music at Yale University

University of Connecticut came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. UCONN is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

Read full report on Music at University of Connecticut

University of Massachusetts - Lowell came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. UMass Lowell is a large public school located in the large suburb of Lowell.

Read full report on Music at University of Massachusetts - Lowell

University of Southern Maine ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the small city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Read full report on Music at University of Southern Maine

University of Massachusetts Amherst came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

Read full report on Music at University of Massachusetts Amherst

Best Music Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 472
Connecticut 217
Rhode Island 8
New Hampshire 7
Maine 7
Vermont 7

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 9 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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