2023 Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
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.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for music students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Messiah University the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for music students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Mechanicsburg, Messiah is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Messiah are $13,050 per year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Montclair State University is a great value for music students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Montclair State are $13,519 a year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means West Chester University of Pennsylvania is a great value for music students working on their graduate certificate. WCUPA is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of West Chester.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WCUPA are $16,758 per year.
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Out of the 14 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Duquesne University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Duquesne is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Duquesne are $24,534 per year.
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Out of the 14 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brooklyn College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Brooklyn College is a large public school located in the large city of Brooklyn.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Brooklyn College are $20,952 per year.
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New York University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NYU are $38,206 a year.
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Carnegie Mellon University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for music students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Carnegie Mellon are $47,347 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Carnegie Mellon is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
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Columbia University in the City of New York came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
Columbia graduate students pay an average of $52,924 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Columbia also did well on our Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Queens College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the city of Queens, QC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at QC are $21,042 a year.
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With a ranking of #10, Purchase College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students working on their graduate certificate. Purchase College is a small public school located in the suburb of Purchase.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purchase College are $24,983 per year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 960 |
| New York | 2,324 |
| Maryland | 393 |
| New Jersey | 593 |
| District of Columbia | 117 |
| Delaware | 43 |
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| 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 14 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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