Arts & Media Management is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #106 most popular master's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for arts & media management students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 147 master's degrees in arts & media management to qualified students.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
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 arts & media management students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of arts & media management students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
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.
Student Debt - How easy is it for arts & media management to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized arts & media management related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for arts & media management students working on their master's degree.
The media management school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Arts & Media Management Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Arts & Media Management in Massachusetts
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in arts & media management.
Top Massachusetts Schools for a Master's in Media Management
Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in arts & media management needs to take a look at Boston University. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.
Those arts & media management students who get their master's degree from Boston University receive $7,366 more than the standard media management student.
Berklee College of Music is a good decision for students interested in a master's degree in arts & media management. Berklee College of Music is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit college located in the city of Boston.
Students who graduate with their master's from the media management program state that they receive average early career earnings of $37,439.
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).
