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.
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2023 Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Check out the music graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
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 large suburb of Mechanicsburg, Messiah is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Messiah graduate students pay an average of $13,050 in tuition and fees each year.
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 large suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Montclair State are $13,519 per year.
Out of the 14 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Chester University of Pennsylvania landed the # 3 spot on the list. WCUPA is a large public school located in the suburb of West Chester.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WCUPA are $16,758 per year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Duquesne University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Duquesne is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Duquesne are $24,534 per year.
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 city of Brooklyn.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Brooklyn College are $20,952 a year.
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 fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NYU are $38,206 a year.
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 large city of Pittsburgh.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Carnegie Mellon are $47,347 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Carnegie Mellon also is in the top 10% of our Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
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.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 a year.
Columbia excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
Read full report on Music at Columbia University in the City of New York
Queens College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate music programs. 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.
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 large suburb of Purchase.
Purchase College graduate students pay an average of $24,983 in tuition and fees each year.
Best Music Colleges by State
Explore the best music schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 960 |
| New York | 2,324 |
| Maryland | 393 |
| New Jersey | 593 |
| District of Columbia | 117 |
| Delaware | 43 |
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Music Related Majors for Music
One of 10 majors within the area of study, music has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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