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2024 Best Conducting Schools in the New England Region

4 Colleges in the New England Region
11 Conducting Degrees Awarded
Conducting isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #878 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Conducting Schools in the New England Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 11 degrees in conducting to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Conducting School

Best Conducting Schools in the New England Region Your choice of conducting school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Conducting School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Conducting Rankings by Degree Level

Master's Degrees in Conducting
Doctor's Degrees in Conducting

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 Conducting Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Conducting in the New England Region

The schools below may not offer all types of conducting degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top New England Region Schools in Conducting

1
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Yale University
New Haven, CT
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In CT

It is difficult to beat Yale University if you want to pursue a degree in conducting. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Yale is a great university overall.

There were about 4 conducting students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in conducting from Yale University

2
Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MA

The New England Conservatory of Music is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in conducting. The New England Conservatory of Music is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

There were roughly 1 conducting students who graduated with this degree at The New England Conservatory of Music in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in conducting from The New England Conservatory of Music

2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In MA

Any student who is interested in conducting has to check out Boston University. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. This university ranks 6th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.

There were about 1 conducting students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in conducting from Boston University

3
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In MA
50.0% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat Berklee College of Music if you want to pursue a degree in conducting. Located in the large city of Boston, Berklee College of Music is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

There were about 4 conducting students who graduated with this degree at Berklee College of Music in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in conducting from Berklee College of Music

4
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University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In CT

University of Hartford is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in conducting. UHart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of West Hartford. This university ranks 11th out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.

There were roughly 1 conducting students who graduated with this degree at UHart in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in conducting from University of Hartford

Best Conducting Colleges by State

Explore the best conducting schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

StateCollegesDegrees Awarded
Massachusetts8547
Connecticut5384
Maine3961

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

Related MajorAnnual Graduates
General Music631
Music Performance559
Other Music300
Music Theory & Composition279
Stringed Instruments104
Keyboard Instruments69
Voice Performance62
Jazz Studies53
Music Pedagogy47
Woodwind Instruments37

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