2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Other Music in Illinois

If you plan on getting your master's degree in other music, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #361 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 Illinois to determine which ones were the most popular for other music students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 11 master's degrees in other music during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Other Music in Illinois

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

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

1

Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL

11 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Columbia College Chicago is a popular decision for students pursuing a master's degree in other music. Columbia is a medium-sized private not-for-profit college located in the city of Chicago. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in other music in Illinois. More information about a master’s in other music from Columbia College Chicago

2

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in other music needs to check out Northwestern University. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. More information about a master’s in other music from Northwestern University

Best Other Music Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Other Music Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	466	6
Indiana	352	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Other Music

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

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Music	154
Music Performance	49
Voice Performance	23
Stringed Instruments	19
Keyboard Instruments	10
Jazz Studies	5
Conducting	4
Music Theory & Composition	4
Musicology & Ethnomusicology	2
Brass Instruments	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.