2024 Best Brass Instruments Master's Degree Schools in New York

If you're seeking a Master's Degree in brass instruments, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #843 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for brass instruments students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 7 master's degrees in brass instruments to qualified students.

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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 brass instruments students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of brass instruments 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized brass instruments related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for brass instruments 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 Brass Instruments Master's Degree Schools in New York list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Brass Instruments in New York

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in brass instruments.

Top New York Schools for a Master's in Brass Instruments

1

The Juilliard School
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in brass instruments needs to check out The Juilliard School. Located in the large city of New York, Juilliard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.More information about a master’s in brass instruments from The Juilliard School

2

Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY

Manhattan School of Music is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in brass instruments. Manhattan School of Music is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.More information about a master’s in brass instruments from Manhattan School of Music

Best Brass Instruments Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Brass Instruments Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded

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Brass Instruments Related Rankings by Major

One of 17 majors within the Music area of study, Brass Instruments has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Brass Instruments

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Music Performance	230
Keyboard Instruments	106
Music Theory & Composition	93
Voice Performance	90
General Music	66
Stringed Instruments	59
Jazz Studies	52
Other Music	41
Woodwind Instruments	19
Conducting	15

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.