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2023 Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Music Graduate Certificate School for You

Music is the #43 most popular major in the country with 25,910 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 17 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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 the Great Lakes Region

Check out the music graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Our 2023 rankings named Michigan State University the best school in the Great Lakes Region for music students working on their graduate certificate. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the remote town of Macomb, WIU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a very large student population.

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#4

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Ohio University - Athens Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for music students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Northern Illinois University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb.

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With a ranking of #8, Indiana University - Bloomington did quite well on this year’s best schools for music students working on their graduate certificate. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

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With a ranking of #9, Indiana University - South Bend did quite well on this year’s best schools for music students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of South Bend, Indiana University - South Bend is a public school with a small student population.

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#10

Oberlin College

Oberlin, OH

Oberlin College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Oberlin is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Oberlin.

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Best Music Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 734
Ohio 1,138
Illinois 1,129
Indiana 660
Wisconsin 359

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 17 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).

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