2024 Best Keyboard Instruments Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

If you plan on getting your master's degree in keyboard instruments, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #332 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Keyboard Instruments Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 41 master's degrees in keyboard instruments during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on keyboard instruments students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other keyboard instruments students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized keyboard instruments related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for keyboard instruments students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Keyboard Instruments Schools

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

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Keyboard Instruments in Massachusetts

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

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Master's in Keyboard Instruments

1

The New England Conservatory of Music
Boston, MA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat The New England Conservatory of Music if you wish to pursue a master's degree in keyboard instruments. The New England Conservatory of Music is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.More information about a master’s in keyboard instruments from The New England Conservatory of Music

2

Longy School of Music of Bard College
Cambridge, MA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

27 Annual Graduates

Longy School of Music of Bard College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in keyboard instruments. Longy is a small private not-for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.More information about a master’s in keyboard instruments from Longy School of Music of Bard College

Best Keyboard Instruments Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Keyboard Instruments Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	313	18

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Keyboard Instruments Related Rankings by Major

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

Majors Similar to Keyboard Instruments

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Music Performance	138
Stringed Instruments	35
Voice Performance	33
General Music	31
Music Theory & Composition	28
Jazz Studies	28
Music Pedagogy	18
Woodwind Instruments	13
Conducting	7
Musicology & Ethnomusicology	5

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.