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2023 Most Popular Music Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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$19,244 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Graduate Certificate School for You

With 3,457 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, music is the #35 most popular major in California.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Music Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in California to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Music program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for music majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our analysis found San Francisco Conservatory of Music to be the most popular school for music students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. SFCM is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

Of the 25 students majoring in music at SFCM, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Read full report on Music at San Francisco Conservatory of Music

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular music schools in California. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Women make up 64% of the music majors at the school.

Read full report on Music at University of Southern California

#3

La Sierra University

Riverside, CA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means La Sierra University is a great place for music students working on their graduate certificate. La Sierra is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Riverside.

Read full report on Music at La Sierra University

#4

University of Redlands

Redlands, CA

Out of the 8 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Redlands landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Redlands, University of Redlands is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Full Music at University of Redlands Report

Out of the 8 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Fullerton landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Fullerton, Cal State Fullerton is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Music at California State University - Fullerton

#5

Holy Names University

Oakland, CA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Holy Names University is a great place for music students working on their graduate certificate. HNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Oakland.

Read full report on Music at Holy Names University

#5

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at San Diego State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular music schools in California. SDSU is a very large public school located in the city of San Diego.

Full Music at San Diego State University Report

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of California - Los Angeles is a great place for music students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a very large student population.

Read full report on Music at University of California - Los Angeles

Best Music Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Music Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 320
Oregon 299
Nevada 94
Hawaii 31
Alaska 12

One of 10 majors within the area of study, music has other similar majors worth exploring.

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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