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Music Schools in Massachusetts

Massachusetts contains 39 schools that offer music programs. Harvard University, the highest-ranking music school in MA, has a total student population of 27,651 and is the highest ranked school in America.

Of the 39 music schools in Massachusetts, only 9 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, North Bennet Street School comes out as the most expensive ($61,218/yr), with Cape Cod Community College as the lowest recorded at only $8,429/yr.

Music students from Massachusetts schools who go on to become musicians, producers, vocalists, guitarists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 47,260 people working as musicians and singers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $0.

Also, within the music schools in Massachusetts, the average student population is 2,580 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1. Aside from music, there are 5364 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 4,075 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $5,628, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Music Programs in Massachusetts

Harvard University

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Amherst College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Boston College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Boston University

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• Religious/Sacred Music
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Music History, Literature, and Theory
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• Music Theory and Composition
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Musicology and Ethnomusicology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Northeastern University

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Wellesley College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Brandeis University

• Music Theory and Composition
  

  Levels offered: Masters, PhD
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Musicology and Ethnomusicology
  

  Levels offered: Masters, PhD

Emerson College

• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Hampshire College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Gordon College

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Simmons College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Suffolk University

• Music History, Literature, and Theory
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Eastern Nazarene College

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Religious/Sacred Music
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Anna Maria College

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Therapy/Therapist
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Williams College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

College of the Holy Cross

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Smith College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

North Bennet Street School

• Musical Instrument Fabrication and Repair
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Mount Holyoke College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

The New England Conservatory of Music

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Music History, Literature, and Theory
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Pedagogy
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters
• Music Theory and Composition
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• Musicology and Ethnomusicology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Clark University

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Wheaton College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Bridgewater State College

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Westfield State College

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Masters
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Bard College at Simon's Rock

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Massachusetts-Lowell

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Assumption College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

The Boston Conservatory

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters

Salem State College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Berklee College of Music

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Therapy/Therapist
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Management and Merchandising
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Theory and Composition
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Massachusetts-Boston

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Pine Manor College

• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Atlantic Union College

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Longy School of Music

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Masters
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Masters
• Music Theory and Composition
  

  Levels offered: Masters

Holyoke Community College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

Cape Cod Community College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

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Massachusetts Interesting Facts

• 552 original documents pertaining to the Salem witch trials of 1692 have been preserved and are still stored by the Peabody Essex Museum.
• Boston built the first subway system in the United States in 1897.
• Although over 30 communities in the colonies eventually renamed themselves to honor Benjamin Franklin. The Massachusetts Town of Franklin was the first and changed its name in 1778.
• "Norfolk County is the birthplace of four United States presidents: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George Herbert Walker Bush."
• In Holyoke, William G. Morgan, created a new game called "Mintonette" in 1895. After a demonstration given at the YMCA in nearby Springfield, the name "Mintonette" was replaced with the now familiar name "Volleyball."

Top National Parks in Massachusetts:

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See Also

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• Salary Details for a Producer
• Online Music Schools
• Online Music Programs
• Online Music Courses

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