2025 Best Music Master's Degree Schools in Nevada

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 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Nevada 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 25 master's degrees in music during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

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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 complete 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

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Music Master's Degree Schools in Nevada list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

Top Nevada Schools for a Master's in Music

1

University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV

13 Annual Graduates

University of Nevada - Las Vegas is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in music. UNLV is a fairly large public university located in the city of Las Vegas.More information about a master’s in music from University of Nevada - Las Vegas

2

University of Nevada - Reno
Reno, NV

12 Annual Graduates

University of Nevada - Reno is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in music. UNR is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Reno.More information about a master’s in music from University of Nevada - Reno

Best Music Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Music Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	498
Washington	183	47
Oregon	158	63
Hawaii	85	7
Alaska	52	0

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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	25

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Drama & Theater Arts	16
Fine & Studio Arts	14
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	2

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.