2024 Best Music Theory & Composition Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
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Colleges in the Southeast Region
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Master's Degrees
Music Theory & Composition is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #310 most popular master's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Music Theory & Composition Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 9 master's degrees in music theory & composition during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Music Theory & Composition School for Your Master's Degree
The music composition master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on music theory & composition students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other music theory & composition students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized music theory & composition related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for music theory & composition students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Music Theory & Composition Schools
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Music Theory & Composition Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.
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