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2023 Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in California

3 Colleges
$19,244 Avg Salary

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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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 large city of Los Angeles.

Read full report on Music at University of Southern California

#2

University of Redlands

Redlands, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Redlands. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the city of Redlands, University of Redlands is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Full Music at University of Redlands Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco Conservatory of Music. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. SFCM is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

Read full report on Music at San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Best Music Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Music Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 320
Oregon 299
Nevada 94
Hawaii 31
Alaska 12

One of 10 majors within the area of study, music has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
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.

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