2024 Best Music Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana

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 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Music Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 87 master's degrees in music during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Music School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of music for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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 Louisiana list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top Louisiana Schools for a Master's in Music

1

Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA

8 Annual Graduates

Tulane University of Louisiana is a good decision for individuals pursuing a master's degree in music. Located in the city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in music from Tulane University of Louisiana

1

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA

35 Annual Graduates

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a wonderful option for students pursuing a master's degree in music. Louisiana State University is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge.More information about a master’s in music from Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

2

Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

10 Annual Graduates

Loyola University New Orleans is a great choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in music. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Loyola New Orleans is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in music from Loyola University New Orleans

3

Southeastern Louisiana University
Hammond, LA

9 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Southeastern Louisiana University if you want to pursue a master's degree in music. Southeastern is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Hammond.More information about a master’s in music from Southeastern Louisiana University

4

University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA

11 Annual Graduates

University of Louisiana at Lafayette is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in music. UL Lafayette is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Lafayette.More information about a master’s in music from University of Louisiana at Lafayette

5

University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

9 Annual Graduates

UNO is a medium-sized public university located in the city of New Orleans.More information about a master’s in music from University of New Orleans

6

Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Natchitoches, LA

5 Annual Graduates

Located in the town of Natchitoches, NSU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in music from Northwestern State University of Louisiana

Best Music Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Music Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	194
Georgia	190	93
Virginia	182	127
North Carolina	178	88
Tennessee	166	92
Alabama	151	26
Kentucky	147	49
South Carolina	146	28
Mississippi	145	54
Arkansas	121	44
West Virginia	112	16

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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
Music Performance	72
General Music	8
Voice Performance	7

Majors Similar to Music

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts	36
Drama & Theater Arts	14
Arts & Media Management	5
Dance	2

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.