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Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

2023 Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$32,490 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$19,244 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Graduate Certificate School for You

With 2,324 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, music is the #35 most popular major in New York.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 8 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for music students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Music

#1

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY

Our 2023 rankings named Brooklyn College the best value school in New York for music students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Brooklyn College are $11,522 a year.

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#2

Queens College

Queens, NY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Queens College is a great value for music students working on their graduate certificate. QC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Queens.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at QC are $11,612 a year.

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#3

Purchase College

Purchase, NY

Out of the 8 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Purchase College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Purchase, Purchase College is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purchase College are $13,193 per year.

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#4

New York University

New York, NY

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means New York University is a great value for music students working on their graduate certificate. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

NYU graduate students pay an average of $38,206 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, NYU also did well on our Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 per year.

Columbia also made our Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list, coming in at #3.

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#6

The Juilliard School

New York, NY

With a ranking of #6, The Juilliard School did quite well on this year’s best value schools for music students working on their graduate certificate. Juilliard is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Juilliard graduate students pay an average of $51,230 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

The New School

New York, NY

The New School came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking. New School University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at New School University are $49,136 per year.

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Manhattan School of Music did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for music students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of New York, Manhattan School of Music is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Manhattan School of Music are $50,840 per year.

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Best Value Music Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 960
Maryland 393
New Jersey 593
District of Columbia 117
Delaware 43

Music is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

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 8 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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