2023 Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in California
Finding the Best Music Graduate Certificate School for You
With 3,457 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, music is the #35 most popular major in California.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in California to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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Featured Music Programs
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2023 Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in California
Check out the music graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top California Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Music
Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the best school in California for music students working on their graduate certificate. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.
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Out of the 3 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Redlands landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Redlands, University of Redlands is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
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Out of the 3 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, San Francisco Conservatory of Music landed the # 3 spot on the list. SFCM is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.
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Request InformationBest Music Colleges in the Far Western US Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Washington | 320 |
Oregon | 299 |
Nevada | 94 |
Hawaii | 31 |
Alaska | 12 |
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Related Programs
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Rankings in Majors Related to Music
One of 10 majors within the area of study, music has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Music
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Fine & Studio Arts | 37,413 |
Design & Applied Arts | 36,301 |
Drama & Theater Arts | 17,341 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 16,778 |
General Visual & Performing Arts | 6,355 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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.