2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Conducting in California

When it comes to popularity, a master's degree in conducting sits in the middle of the road, ranking #508 out of 1095 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the most popular for conducting students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1 master's degrees in conducting during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for conducting.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Conducting in California

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in conducting.

Most Well Attended Schools for Conducting Students Working on Their Master's

1

University of Redlands
Redlands, CA

1 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Redlands if you want to pursue a master's degree in conducting. Located in the small city of Redlands, University of Redlands is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in conducting in California. More information about a master’s in conducting from University of Redlands

2

San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco, CA

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in conducting has to take a look at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. SFCM is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco. More information about a master’s in conducting from San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Best Conducting Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Conducting Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	408	2
Oregon	282	4

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Conducting Related Rankings by Major

Conducting is one of 16 different types of Music programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Music Performance	146
General Music	125
Other Music	75
Music Theory & Composition	47
Voice Performance	37
Stringed Instruments	32
Keyboard Instruments	26
Woodwind Instruments	10
Jazz Studies	8
Brass Instruments	7

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.