2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for General Music in North Carolina

General Music is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #88 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2022, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for General Music in North Carolina ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 23 master's degrees in general music to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great General Music School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in general music matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for General Music in North Carolina ranking.

While being high in popularity does not always mean a school has a quality general music program, it is a sign that a large number of students choose the school. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

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. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for general music.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study General Music in North Carolina

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

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

1

East Carolina University
Greenville, NC

16 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In NC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

East Carolina University is a popular option for students interested in a master's degree in general music. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public university with a very large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in general music in North Carolina.

There were about 16 general music individuals who graduated with this degree at ECU in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in general music from East Carolina University

2

Duke University
Durham, NC

7 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Duke University is a popular option for individuals interested in a master's degree in general music. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Durham. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in general music in North Carolina.

There were approximately 7 general music students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in general music from Duke University

3

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Wake Forest, NC

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in general music. Located in the large suburb of Wake Forest, SEBTS is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. More information about a master’s in general music from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Best General Music Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular General Music Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	427	55
Georgia	361	34
Virginia	305	27
Tennessee	296	72
South Carolina	251	14
Alabama	248	30
Kentucky	248	46
Louisiana	235	2
Mississippi	205	28
West Virginia	154	24

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General Music Related Rankings by Major

One of 16 majors within the Music area of study, General Music has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to General Music

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Music Performance	62
Jazz Studies	7
Music Theory & Composition	2
Musicology & Ethnomusicology	1

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.