Graduate Programs in Music
Explore 600+ Music graduate programs at 50+ universities across 3 countries.
Overview
Music-related programs bring together performance, composition, musicology and the business and technology of sound. Depending on your path, graduate study means intensive work on an instrument or voice, writing new music, researching music history and culture, or learning production and audio engineering.
A master's in performance or composition sharpens artistic skill, while master's programs in music education, music therapy or production are more career-focused. Doctoral options include the DMA for performers and composers and the PhD for scholars.
Music-related fields offer one of the widest choices of programs, according to our data. Graduates build careers as performers, composers for film and games, music teachers, music therapists, audio engineers and arts administrators. Many combine several of these roles, and teaching and music therapy tend to offer steadier income.
Most Music programs charge between $17,000 and $60,000 a year in tuition. The top ten ranked programs charge between $13,000 and $69,000.
Top Ranked Master's Programs
The five highest-ranked universities offering this degree.
- Stanford UniversityMaster of Arts in Music, Science, and TechnologyDeadline Dec 8 · Tuition $63,540 · Duration 24 months
- University of OxfordMSt in Music (Musicology)Tuition $55,974 · Duration 12 months
- University of California, BerkeleyMaster of Arts in EthnomusicologyDeadline Dec 15 · Tuition $13,140
- University of CambridgeMPhil in MusicDeadline May 14 · Tuition $45,962 · Duration 9 months
- Yale UniversityMaster of MusicDeadline Dec 1 · Tuition $40,685 · Duration 24 months
Top Ranked PhD Programs
The five highest-ranked universities offering this degree.
- Harvard UniversityPhD in Music TheoryDeadline Jan 5 · Tuition $59,048 · Duration 72 months
- Stanford UniversityDoctor of Philosophy in MusicologyDeadline Dec 8 · Tuition $65,445 · Duration 84 months
- Princeton UniversityDoctor of Philosophy in MusicologyDeadline Dec 30 · Tuition $65,936 · Duration 60 months
- University of OxfordDPhil in MusicDeadline Jan 7 · Tuition $44,774 · Duration 3–4 years full-time
- University of California, BerkeleyDoctor of Philosophy in CompositionDeadline Dec 15 +1 · Tuition $15,102 · Duration 60 months
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