2024 Best Music Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota

If you plan on getting your master's degree in music, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #36 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Minnesota to determine which ones were the best for music students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 31 master's degrees in music during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to music students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of music students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How much debt music students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized music related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for music students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Music in Minnesota

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in music.

Top Minnesota Schools for a Master's in Music

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

24 Annual Graduates

$30,712 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in music has to check out University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the music program report average early career earnings of $30,712.

More information about a master’s in music from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2

University of Minnesota - Duluth
Duluth, MN

7 Annual Graduates

University of Minnesota - Duluth is a good option for students interested in a master's degree in music. UMN Duluth is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Duluth.More information about a master’s in music from University of Minnesota - Duluth

Best Music Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Music Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	193	107
Iowa	154	29
Kansas	149	65
Nebraska	123	33
North Dakota	115	13
South Dakota	89	12

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Rankings in Majors Related to Music

Music is one of 10 different types of Visual & Performing Arts programs to choose from.

Music Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Music	31

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts	32
General Visual & Performing Arts	17
Design & Applied Arts	17
Drama & Theater Arts	9

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.