2024 Best Music Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut

a master's degree in music is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #36 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Music Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 188 master's degrees in music to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on music students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other music students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for music to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• 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.

More Ways to Rank Music Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Music Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top Connecticut Schools for a Master's in Music

1

Yale University
New Haven, CT

121 Annual Graduates

$20,839 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in music has to look into Yale University. Yale is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New Haven.

After graduation, music master's recipients typically make around $20,839 in their early careers.

More information about a master’s in music from Yale University

2

University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT

56 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in music needs to take a look at University of Hartford. Located in the medium-sized city of West Hartford, UHart is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in music from University of Hartford

Best Music Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Music Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	222	381
Rhode Island	127	6
New Hampshire	108	7
Vermont	91	7
Maine	90	7

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Music Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Music has other similar majors worth exploring.

Music Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Music	54
Stringed Instruments	43
Music Performance	28
Keyboard Instruments	18
General Music	17
Voice Performance	12
Jazz Studies	7
Music Theory & Composition	4
Conducting	4
Music History	1

Majors Similar to Music

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts	67
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	35
Drama & Theater Arts	21
Arts & Media Management	18
Design & Applied Arts	15
General Visual & Performing Arts	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.