2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Jazz Studies in California

If you plan on getting your master's degree in jazz studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #407 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the most popular for jazz studies students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 8 master's degrees in jazz studies during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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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 jazz studies.

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

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in jazz studies.

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

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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

4 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Southern California is a popular decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in jazz studies. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in jazz studies in California. More information about a master’s in jazz studies from University of Southern California

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California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA

4 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at California Institute of the Arts if you wish to pursue a master's degree in jazz studies. Located in the large suburb of Valencia, CalArts is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for master's degrees in jazz studies in California. More information about a master’s in jazz studies from California Institute of the Arts

Best Jazz Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Jazz Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	408	3
Oregon	282	5

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Rankings in Majors Related to Jazz

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

Majors Similar to Jazz

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
Brass Instruments	7
Musicology & Ethnomusicology	6

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.