2022 Best Value Conducting Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Conducting Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 169 people earned their degree in conducting, making the major the 854th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 19 conducting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 conducting graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Conducting Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in conducting. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent conducting programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the conducting program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Conducting Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Conducting Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Conducting in the New England Region

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#4 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Conducting Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s conducting degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Southern Maine, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Conducting Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Conducting at University of Southern Maine

#2

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$44,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Conducting Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Yale is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Haven, Connecticut. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Yale, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Conducting Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale are $44,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Yale University Conducting Report

#3

Berklee College of Music

Boston, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$44,408 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Berklee College of Music. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Conducting Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Berklee College of Music is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 5 masters’s conducting degrees in 2019-2020.

Berklee College of Music also took the #3 spot in our “Best Conducting Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Berklee College of Music are $44,408, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Berklee College of Music Conducting Report

#4

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Conducting Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 masters’s conducting degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree conducting students list, Boston U has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Conducting Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Conducting at Boston University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Conducting

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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