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Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

2023 Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$50,246 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$19,244 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, music was ranked #43 in the country. In fact 25,910 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the New England 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. 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 England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Music

Our analysis found University of Connecticut to be the best value school for music students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region . UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 a year.

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#2

Yale University

New Haven, CT

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Yale University is a great value for music students working on their graduate certificate. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of New Haven.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Yale are $45,700 per year.

Yale excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Longy School of Music of Bard College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Longy is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Longy are $48,800 per year.

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Boston University

Boston, MA

Out of the 6 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boston U are $59,418 per year.

Boston U not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Music Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Berklee College of Music is a great value for music students working on their graduate certificate. Berklee College of Music is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Berklee College of Music are $47,047 a year.

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The New England Conservatory 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 #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Boston, The New England Conservatory of Music is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

The New England Conservatory of Music graduate students pay an average of $53,730 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Music Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,453
Connecticut 423
New Hampshire 46
Maine 55
Rhode Island 72
Vermont 63

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 6 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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