Compare 307 Music-related Master's Programs in the US

Grad School Navigator tracks 307 Music-related master's programs in the US across 62 universities. Start with the ranked programs below, then use Explorer to compare the details that matter to your shortlist.

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  1. 1

    Stanford University

    Master of Arts in Music, Science, and Technology

    Application deadline
    Dec 8
    Annual tuition
    $63,540
    Program duration
    24 months
  2. 2

    University of California, Berkeley

    Master of Arts in Ethnomusicology

    Application deadline
    Dec 15
    Annual tuition
    $13,140
  3. 3

    Yale University

    Master of Music

    Application deadline
    Dec 1
    Annual tuition
    $40,685
    Program duration
    24 months
  4. 4

    Columbia University

    Master of Arts in Musicology

    Application deadline
    Dec 15
    Annual tuition
    $56,840
    Program duration
    48 months
  5. 5

    Johns Hopkins University

    Master of Music Degree

    Application deadline
    Nov 1 +2
    Annual tuition
    $68,670
  6. 6

    University of California, Los Angeles

    Master of Arts (MA) in Ethnomusicology

    Application deadline
    Dec 1
    Annual tuition
    $36,297
  7. 7

    University of Michigan--Ann Arbor

    Master of Music in Chamber Music: Piano

    Application deadline
    Nov 1 +1
    Annual tuition
    $53,868
    Program duration
    24 months
  8. 8

    Carnegie Mellon University

    Master of Music

    Application deadline
    Dec 1 +3
    Annual tuition
    $45,950
    Program duration
    84 months
  9. 9

    Northwestern University

    Master of Science in Music

    Application deadline
    Dec 1
    Annual tuition
    $52,239
  10. 10

    University of Washington

    Master of Arts in Ethnomusicology

    Application deadline
    Dec 1
    Annual tuition
    $33,171
    Program duration
    24 months

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The complete list of Music-related Master's Programs, ranked by their global university rank first.

First programs in this cohort
RankUniversityProgramDuration
#2Stanford UniversityMaster of Arts in Music, Science, and Technology24 months
#6University of California, BerkeleyMaster of Arts in Ethnomusicology
#8Yale UniversityMaster of Music24 months
#8Yale UniversityMaster of Musical Arts24 months
#12Columbia UniversityMaster of Arts in Composition60 months
#12Columbia UniversityMaster of Arts in Musicology48 months
#12Columbia UniversityMFA Sound Art24 months
#16Johns Hopkins UniversityMaster of Arts in Audio Sciences
#16Johns Hopkins UniversityMaster of Music Degree
#17University of California, Los AngelesMaster of Arts (MA) | Master of Music (M.M.)
#17University of California, Los AngelesMaster of Arts (MA) in Ethnomusicology
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborMaster of Arts in Composition24 months
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborMaster of Music in Carillon Performance24 months
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborMaster of Music in Chamber Music: Piano24 months
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborMaster of Music in Chamber Music: Strings24 months
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborMaster of Music in Chamber Music: Winds & Percussion
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborMaster of Music in Collaborative Piano36 months
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborMaster of Music in Composition24 months
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborMaster of Music in Conducting: Band & Wind Ensemble24 months
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborMaster of Music in Conducting: Choral24 months
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborMaster of Music in Conducting: Orchestral24 months
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborMaster of Music in Early Keyboard Instruments24 months
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborMaster of Music in Fortepiano Performance
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborMaster of Music in Harpsichord Performance24 months
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborMaster of Music in Improvisation24 months
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborMaster of Music in Multiple Wind Instruments
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborMaster of Music in Organ Performance
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborMaster of Music in Performance: Strings24 months
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborMaster of Music in Performance: Winds & Percussion24 months
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborMaster of Music in Piano Pedagogy & Performance24 months
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborMaster of Music in Piano Performance24 months
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborMaster of Music in Sacred Music24 months
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborMaster of Music in Voice Performance24 months
#21Carnegie Mellon UniversityMaster of Music84 months
#21Carnegie Mellon UniversityMaster of Science in Music and Technology21 months
#23Northwestern UniversityMaster of Science in Music
#24New York UniversityMaster of Music in Music Technology
#24New York UniversityMaster of Music in Music Theory and Composition
#24New York UniversityMaster of Music in Music Theory and Composition with a Concentration in Songwriting
#24New York UniversityMaster of Music in Music Theory and Composition: Scoring for Film and Multimedia
#24New York UniversityMaster of Music in Piano Performance: Solo Piano
#24New York UniversityMaster of Music in Vocal Performance: Classical Voice and Opera studies
#25University of WashingtonMaster of Arts in Ethnomusicology24 months
#25University of WashingtonMaster of Arts in Music Theory24 months
#25University of WashingtonMaster of Music in Brass Performance24 months
#25University of WashingtonMaster of Music in Choral Conducting24 months
#25University of WashingtonMaster of Music in Composition24 months
#25University of WashingtonMaster of Music in Harp and Guitar Performance24 months
#25University of WashingtonMaster of Music in Harpsichord Performance
#25University of WashingtonMaster of Music in Instrumental Conducting24 months
#25University of WashingtonMaster of Music in Jazz Studies and Improvised Music
#25University of WashingtonMaster of Music in Organ Performance24 months
#25University of WashingtonMaster of Music in Percussion Performance24 months
#25University of WashingtonMaster of Music in Piano Performance24 months
#25University of WashingtonMaster of Music in String Performance24 months
#25University of WashingtonMaster of Music in Voice Performance24 months
#25University of WashingtonMaster of Music in Woodwind Performance24 months
#26University of California San DiegoMaster of Arts in Music
#30Brown UniversityMaster of Arts in Ethnomusicology72 months
#31The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Music in Brass, Woodwind and Percussion Performance24 months
#31The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Music in Chamber Music24 months
#31The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Music in Collaborative Piano24 months
#31The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Music in Composition24 months
#31The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Music in Conducting - Band and Wind24 months
#31The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Music in Conducting - Choral24 months
#31The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Music in Conducting - Orchestral24 months
#31The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Music in Jazz Composition24 months
#31The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Music in Jazz Performance24 months
#31The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Music in Music & Human Learning24 months
#31The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Music in Musicology
#31The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Music in Opera Coaching24 months
#31The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Music in Opera Performance24 months
#31The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Music in Organ Performance24 months
#31The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Music in Organ Performance - Sacred Music Emphasis24 months
#31The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Music in Piano Performance24 months
#31The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Music in String Performance24 months
#31The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Music in Theory24 months
#31The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Music in Vocal Performance24 months
#33Georgia Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science in Music Technology24 months
#34Rice UniversityMaster of Music in Musicology24 months
#35University of North Carolina--Chapel HillMaster of Arts in Musicology24 months
#36Washington University in St. LouisMaster of Science in Music Theory24 months
#36Washington University in St. LouisMaster of Science in Musicology24 months
#38University of Wisconsin--MadisonMaster of Arts in Music24 months
#38University of Wisconsin--MadisonMaster of Music in Music
#38University of Wisconsin--MadisonMaster of Music in Music Performance
#39Purdue University--West LafayetteMaster of Arts in English with a concentration in Rhetoric and Composition
#40Pennsylvania State University--University ParkMaster of Arts in Music with track in Music Theory
#40Pennsylvania State University--University ParkMaster of Arts in Music with track in Music Theory and History24 months
#40Pennsylvania State University--University ParkMaster of Arts in Music with track in Musicology
#40Pennsylvania State University--University ParkMaster of Fine Arts in Voice Pedagogy for Musical Theatre
#40Pennsylvania State University--University ParkMaster of Music in Composition|Theory
#40Pennsylvania State University--University ParkMaster of Music in Conducting - Band|Wind Ensemble
#40Pennsylvania State University--University ParkMaster of Music in Conducting - Choral
#40Pennsylvania State University--University ParkMaster of Music in Conducting - Orchestral
#40Pennsylvania State University--University ParkMaster of Music in Pedagogy and Performance with track in Piano
#40Pennsylvania State University--University ParkMaster of Music in Pedagogy and Performance with track in Voice
#40Pennsylvania State University--University ParkMaster of Music in Performance - Orchestral Instruments
#40Pennsylvania State University--University ParkMaster of Music in Performance - Piano
#40Pennsylvania State University--University ParkMaster of Music in Performance - Voice
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Remaining programs in this cohort
RankUniversityProgramDuration
#41University of Illinois--Urbana-ChampaignMaster of Music (MM)
#42University of Southern CaliforniaMaster of Arts in Music – Early Music Performance24 months
#42University of Southern CaliforniaMaster of Music – Choral Music
#42University of Southern CaliforniaMaster of Music – Classical Guitar Performance24 months
#42University of Southern CaliforniaMaster of Music – Composition24 months
#42University of Southern CaliforniaMaster of Music – Jazz Studies24 months
#42University of Southern CaliforniaMaster of Music – Keyboard Collaborative Arts24 months
#42University of Southern CaliforniaMaster of Music – Organ Performance24 months
#42University of Southern CaliforniaMaster of Music – Sacred Music
#42University of Southern CaliforniaMaster of Music – Strings Performance24 months
#42University of Southern CaliforniaMaster of Music – Studio Guitar Performance24 months
#42University of Southern CaliforniaMaster of Music – Vocal Arts24 months
#42University of Southern CaliforniaMaster of Music – Winds and Percussion Performance24 months
#42University of Southern CaliforniaMaster of Music in Community Music24 months
#42University of Southern CaliforniaMaster of Music in Screen Scoring
#42University of Southern CaliforniaMS in Music industry
#47Dartmouth CollegeMaster of Arts Degree in Digital Musics28 months
#59University of California--Santa BarbaraMaster of Arts in Composition
#59University of California--Santa BarbaraMaster of Arts in Ethnomusicology36 months
#59University of California--Santa BarbaraMaster of Arts in Music Theory36 months
#59University of California--Santa BarbaraMaster of Arts in Musicology36 months
#59University of California--Santa BarbaraMaster of Music (MM) in Choral, Orchestral & Conducting Programs
#59University of California--Santa BarbaraMaster of Music (MM) in Keyboard24 months
#59University of California--Santa BarbaraMaster of Music (MM) in Music 124 months
#59University of California--Santa BarbaraMaster of Music (MM) in Strings24 months
#59University of California--Santa BarbaraMaster of Music (MM) in Voice24 months
#61University of RochesterMaster of Arts in Music Leadership14 months
#61University of RochesterMaster of Arts with a Major in Composition
#61University of RochesterMaster of Arts with a Major in Ethnomusicology24 months
#61University of RochesterMaster of Arts with a Major in Music Educaion
#61University of RochesterMaster of Arts with a Major in Musicology24 months
#61University of RochesterMaster of Music in Contemporary Media|Film Composition24 months
#61University of RochesterMaster of Music in Early Music (Emphasis in Historical Plucked Instruments)12 months
#61University of RochesterMaster of Music with a Major in Composition24 months
#61University of RochesterMaster of Music with a Major in Conducting (Choral or Orchestral)24 months
#61University of RochesterMaster of Music with a Major in Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music24 months
#64University of Maryland, College ParkMaster of Arts (MA) in Music
#64University of Maryland, College ParkMaster of Music (M.M.)24 months
#65University of California--IrvineMaster of Arts in Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology
#65University of California--IrvineMaster of Fine Arts in Music36 months
#72University of Minnesota--Twin CitiesMaster of Arts in Music (Composition)
#72University of Minnesota--Twin CitiesMaster of Arts in Music (Music Therapy)
#72University of Minnesota--Twin CitiesMaster of Arts in Music (Musicology|Ethnomusicology)
#72University of Minnesota--Twin CitiesMaster of Arts in Music (Theory)
#72University of Minnesota--Twin CitiesMaster of Music in Music (Collaborative Piano & Coaching)
#72University of Minnesota--Twin CitiesMaster of Music in Music (Conducting)24 months
#72University of Minnesota--Twin CitiesMaster of Music in Music (Performance: Guitar Studio)
#72University of Minnesota--Twin CitiesMaster of Music in Music in Performance
#75University of PittsburghMaster of Arts in Music
#77University of Notre DameMaster of Sacred Music Program in Choral Conducting, Organ or Voice
#78Tufts UniversityMaster of Arts in Music24 months
#84University of Massachusetts--AmherstMaster of Music in Collaborative Piano
#84University of Massachusetts--AmherstMaster of Music in Composition
#84University of Massachusetts--AmherstMaster of Music in Conducting
#84University of Massachusetts--AmherstMaster of Music in Jazz & African-American Music Studies
#84University of Massachusetts--AmherstMaster of Music in Performance
#84University of Massachusetts--AmherstMaster of Music in Theory
#85Boston UniversityMaster of Arts in Musicology
#85Boston UniversityMaster of Divinity & Master of Sacred Music48 months
#85Boston UniversityMaster of Music in Collaborative Piano
#85Boston UniversityMaster of Music in Composition or in Music Theory
#85Boston UniversityMaster of Music in Conducting
#85Boston UniversityMaster of Music in Historical Performance24 months
#85Boston UniversityMaster of Music in Performance
#85Boston UniversityMaster of Music in Piano24 months
#85Boston UniversityMaster of Music in Strings
#85Boston UniversityMaster of Music in Voice
#85Boston UniversityMaster of Music in Woodwinds, Brass, & Percussion
#85Boston UniversityMaster of Scared Music24 months
#91Michigan State UniversityMaster of Arts in Musicology
#91Michigan State UniversityMaster of Music in Collaborative Piano
#91Michigan State UniversityMaster of Music in Composition24 months
#91Michigan State UniversityMaster of Music in Conducting (orchestral)
#91Michigan State UniversityMaster of Music in Conducting (wind)
#91Michigan State UniversityMaster of Music in Jazz
#91Michigan State UniversityMaster of Music in Music Theory
#91Michigan State UniversityMaster of Music in Piano Pedagogy24 months
#91Michigan State UniversityMM Performance (percussion, piano, strings, voice, winds), Specialist in Multiple Brass Instruments24 months
#91Michigan State UniversityMM Performance (percussion, piano, strings, voice, winds), Specialist in Multiple Stringed Instruments
#91Michigan State UniversityMM Performance (percussion, piano, strings, voice, winds), Specialist in Multiple Woodwind Instruments24 months
#95Ohio State University--ColumbusMaster of Arts (Music Education, Music Theory, Musicology, Pedagogy)
#95Ohio State University--ColumbusMaster of Music (Composition, Conducting, Performance)24 months
#96University of FloridaMaster of Music in Brass
#96University of FloridaMaster of Music in Composition, Theory and Technology
#96University of FloridaMaster of Music in Conducting
#96University of FloridaMaster of Music in Jazz Studies24 months
#96University of FloridaMaster of Music in Keyboard
#96University of FloridaMaster of Music in Musicology and Ethnomusicology
#96University of FloridaMaster of Music in Percussion
#96University of FloridaMaster of Music in Sacred Music
#96University of FloridaMaster of Music in Strings
#96University of FloridaMaster of Music in Vocal
#96University of FloridaMaster of Music in Woodwinds
#99University of GeorgiaMaster of Arts in Musicology
#99University of GeorgiaMaster of Music in Composition
#99University of GeorgiaMaster of Music in Conducting
#99University of GeorgiaMaster of Music in Performance
#114North Carolina State UniversityMaster of Arts in English Concentration in Rhetoric and Composition
#119University of California, Santa CruzMaster of Arts in Music
#126Indiana University--BloomingtonDual Master of Arts Degree in Arts Administration and Folklore|Ethnomusicology
#126Indiana University--BloomingtonMaster of Arts in Musicology24 months
#126Indiana University--BloomingtonMaster of Arts in Track in Ethnomusicology24 months
#126Indiana University--BloomingtonMaster of Music in Choral Conducting
#126Indiana University--BloomingtonMaster of Music in Music Theory
#126Indiana University--BloomingtonMaster of Music in Orchestral Conducting
#126Indiana University--BloomingtonMaster of Music in Percussion
#126Indiana University--BloomingtonMaster of Music in Performance
#126Indiana University--BloomingtonMaster of Music in Performance, Woodwind Instruments (Multiple)
#126Indiana University--BloomingtonMaster of Music in Wind Conducting
#126Indiana University--BloomingtonMaster of Science in Voice
#134University of Colorado BoulderMaster of Music
#191University of ConnecticutMaster of Arts in Historical Musicology
#191University of ConnecticutMaster of Arts in Music Theory
#191University of ConnecticutMaster of Music in Choral Conducting
#191University of ConnecticutMaster of Music in Instrumental Conducting
#191University of ConnecticutMaster of Music in Performance — Applied Music
#201–250Northeastern UniversityMS in Music Industry Leadership12 months
#251–300Stony Brook University--SUNYMaster of Arts in Composition36 months
#251–300Stony Brook University--SUNYMaster of Arts in Ethnomusicology24 months
#251–300Stony Brook University--SUNYMaster of Music in Performance
#251–300University of MiamiM.M. in Music Business and Entertainment Industries
#251–300University of MiamiMaster of Arts in Music Industry
#251–300University of MiamiMaster of Music in Choral Conducting24 months
#251–300University of MiamiMaster of Music in Composition
#251–300University of MiamiMaster of Music in Instrumental Conducting24 months
#251–300University of MiamiMaster of Music in Instrumental Performance
#251–300University of MiamiMaster of Music in Keyboard Performance
#251–300University of MiamiMaster of Music in Keyboard Performance and Pedagogy
#251–300University of MiamiMaster of Music in Multiple Woodwinds
#251–300University of MiamiMaster of Music in Musicology (M.M.)
#251–300University of MiamiMaster of Science in Music Engineering Technology
#301–400University at Buffalo--SUNYMaster of Arts in Composition24 months
#301–400University at Buffalo--SUNYMaster of Arts in Music Theory
#301–400University at Buffalo--SUNYMaster of Music in Instrumental or Vocal Performance24 months
#301–400University of IowaMaster of Arts in Composition
#301–400University of IowaMaster of Arts in Music Therapy (prior certification in Music Therapy)
#301–400University of IowaMaster of Arts in Musicology
#301–400University of IowaMaster of Arts in Piano
#301–400University of IowaMaster of Arts in Voice
#401–500Florida State UniversityMaster of Arts in Music
#401–500Florida State UniversityMaster of Music in Composition
#401–500Florida State UniversityMaster of Music in Music Theory
#401–500Florida State UniversityMaster of Music in Musicology
#401–500Florida State UniversityMaster of Music in Performance
#401–500Florida State UniversityMaster of Music Therapy
Auburn UniversityMaster of Arts with Concentration in Rhetoric and Composition
Baylor UniversityMaster of Music in Church Music
Baylor UniversityMaster of Music in Collaborative Piano
Baylor UniversityMaster of Music in Composition
Baylor UniversityMaster of Music in Conducting (orchestral, band, or choral)24 months
Baylor UniversityMaster of Music in Music Theory24 months
Baylor UniversityMaster of Music in Musicology (Music History and Literature)24 months
Baylor UniversityMaster of Music in Performance (all orchestral instruments, keyboard, voice)36 months
Baylor UniversityMaster of Music in Piano Pedagogy and Performance
Berklee College of Music(Valencia Campus)Master of Arts in Global Entertainment and Music Business
Brandeis UniversityMaster of Arts in Music: Composition and Theory12 months
Brandeis UniversityMaster of Arts in Music: Musicology24 months
Brandeis UniversityMaster of Fine Arts in Music: Composition and Theory24 months
Brandeis UniversityMaster of Fine Arts in Music: Musicology24 months
Brigham Young University--ProvoMaster of Music in Composition24 months
Brigham Young University--ProvoMaster of Music in Conducting
Brigham Young University--ProvoMaster of Music in Performance:Brass Performance
Brigham Young University--ProvoMaster of Music in Performance:Keyboard Performance24 months
Brigham Young University--ProvoMaster of Music in Performance:Percussion Performance
Brigham Young University--ProvoMaster of Music in Performance:String Performance
Brigham Young University--ProvoMaster of Music in Performance:Vocal Performance
Brigham Young University--ProvoMaster of Music in Performance:Woodwind Performance
Drexel UniversityMaster of Arts in Music Therapy and Counseling24 months
Miami University--OxfordMaster of Music in Music Performance
Southern Methodist UniversityMaster of Music in Choral Conducting24 months
Southern Methodist UniversityMaster of Music in Composition24 months
Southern Methodist UniversityMaster of Music in Instrumental Conducting24 months
Southern Methodist UniversityMaster of Music in Musicology24 months
Southern Methodist UniversityMaster of Music in Performance - Orchestral Instrument
Southern Methodist UniversityMaster of Music in Performance - Organ24 months
Southern Methodist UniversityMaster of Music in Performance - Piano24 months
Southern Methodist UniversityMaster of Music in Performance - Voice
Southern Methodist UniversityMaster of Music in Piano Performance and Pedagogy
Southern Methodist UniversityMaster of Music in Theory Pedagogy
Southern Methodist UniversityMaster of Sacred Music24 months
Syracuse UniversityMaster of Music in Composition
Syracuse UniversityMaster of Music in Conducting
Syracuse UniversityMaster of Music in Performance
Syracuse UniversityMaster of Music in Voice Pedagogy
Texas Christian UniversityMaster of Music program
University of New HampshireMaster of Arts in Composition24 months
University of New HampshireMaster of Arts in Musicology24 months
University of OklahomaMaster of Music in Brass
University of OklahomaMaster of Music in Choral Conducting24 months
University of OklahomaMaster of Music in Composition
University of OklahomaMaster of Music in Instrumental Conducting - Orchestral
University of OklahomaMaster of Music in Instrumental Conducting - Wind Band
University of OklahomaMaster of Music in Music Theory
University of OklahomaMaster of Music in Musicology
University of OklahomaMaster of Music in Organ
University of OklahomaMaster of Music in Percussion
University of OklahomaMaster of Music in Piano
University of OklahomaMaster of Music in Strings
University of OklahomaMaster of Music in Voice
University of OklahomaMaster of Music in Woodwinds
University of OregonMaster of Arts in Music Theory
University of OregonMaster of Arts in Musicology
University of OregonMaster of Music in Composition
University of OregonMaster of Music in Conducting24 months
University of OregonMaster of Music in Jazz Studies
University of OregonMaster of Music in Performance
University of OregonMaster of Music in Piano Pedagogy

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