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2023 Most Popular Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Southwest 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 analysis found Southern Methodist University to be the most popular school for music students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas.

About 50% of the students majoring in music at the school are women while 50% are male.

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#2

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Texas Christian University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular music schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 36% of the music majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Arlington is a great place for music students working on their graduate certificate. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

Women make up 60% of the music majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UNM is a very large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

About 50% of the students majoring in music at the school are women while 50% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in music at the school are women while 50% are male.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 5 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

Of the 2 students majoring in music at ASU - Tempe, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Northern Arizona University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for music students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#8

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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#8

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Texas State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate music programs. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Music Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Texas 598
Arizona 155
Oklahoma 105
New Mexico 25

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 11 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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