2023 Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Music Master's Degree 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.
The Best Value Music Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 17 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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.
Top 10 Best Music Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Hartford the best value school in the New England Region for music students working on their master’s degree. UHart is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of West Hartford.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UHart are $15,202 per year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Dartmouth College is a great value for music students working on their master’s degree. Dartmouth is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the town of Hanover.
Dartmouth graduate students pay an average of $59,283 in tuition and fees each year.
Dartmouth also made our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list, coming in at #2.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Brandeis University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Brandeis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Waltham.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Brandeis are $53,618 a year.
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Out of the 17 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the # 4 spot on the list. URI is a large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at URI are $29,774 per year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value music schools in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of Durham, UNH is a public college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNH are $29,992 per year.
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University of Connecticut ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 per year.
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University of Southern Maine ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
University of Southern Maine graduate students pay an average of $22,968 in tuition and fees each year.
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Yale University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for music students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of New Haven.
Yale graduate students pay an average of $45,700 in tuition and fees each year.
Yale also took the #4 spot in our Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region rankings.
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University of Massachusetts - Lowell did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for music students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. UMass Lowell is a large public school located in the large suburb of Lowell.
UMass Lowell graduate students pay an average of $26,990 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Maine came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UMaine graduate students pay an average of $29,490 in tuition and fees each year.
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Request InformationBest 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 |
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Majors Related to Music
Music is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.
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 17 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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