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2023 Most Popular Music Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

47 Colleges
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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.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Music Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 47 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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 Master's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Indiana University - Bloomington the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for music students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

Full Music at Indiana University - Bloomington Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a great place for music students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 133 students majoring in music at UC, 51% are male and 49% are female.

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#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Michigan State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular music schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 82 students majoring in music at Michigan State, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Out of the 47 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the # 4 spot on the list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

Women make up 49% of the music majors at the school.

Full Music at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Report

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular music schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a large student population.

Women make up 41% of the music majors at the school.

Read full report on Music at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus

#6

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

Of the 58 students majoring in music at Northwestern, 48% are male and 52% are female.

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#7

Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL

Roosevelt University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for music students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Of the 56 students majoring in music at Roosevelt, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Full Music at Roosevelt University Report

With a ranking of #8, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for music students working on their master’s degree. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

Of the 46 students majoring in music at UIUC, 57% are male and 43% are female.

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Cleveland Institute of Music came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Cleveland Institute of Music is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Cleveland.

About 55% of the students majoring in music at the school are women while 45% are male.

Read full report on Music at Cleveland Institute of Music

#10

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

DePaul University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree music programs. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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

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Best Music Colleges by State

Explore the best music schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

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 25 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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