2024 Best Musicology & Ethnomusicology Master's Degree Schools
21
Colleges in the United States
58
Master's Degrees
Musicology & Ethnomusicology isn't the most popular master's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #630 in popularity out of 1172 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 21 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for musicology & ethnomusicology students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 58 master's degrees in musicology & ethnomusicology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Musicology & Ethnomusicology School for Your Master's Degree
The musicology and ethnomusicology master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality musicology and ethnomusicology program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on musicology & ethnomusicology students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other musicology & ethnomusicology students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized musicology & ethnomusicology related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for musicology & ethnomusicology students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Musicology & Ethnomusicology 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 Musicology & Ethnomusicology Master's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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