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Master's · Visual and Performing Arts

Music (Master's): earnings by school

112 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$37,026
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$47,357
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$39,700
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 98 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $41,657 and $53,139. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
New Jersey City University NJ—$82,054—
Central Washington University WA$73,824$79,115$29,274
Messiah University PA$66,907$77,342$32,196
California State University-Los Angeles CA$68,967——
Sam Houston State University TX$67,549$68,888—
University of Delaware DE$35,700$66,502—
CUNY Brooklyn College NY—$63,685$51,250
The University of Texas at El Paso TX$63,586——
Michigan State University MI$51,726$62,193$33,887
Northern State University SD$61,168——
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH—$60,865—
California State University-Northridge CA$50,835$60,697$41,000
University of Florida FL—$59,913—
Southern Utah University UT$59,825—$21,948
Stephen F Austin State University TX$48,067$59,471—
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ$58,234——
Rutgers University-Newark NJ$58,234——
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO$48,478$57,772$26,000
SUNY at Fredonia NY$51,955$57,662—
University of Memphis TN$46,530$57,099—
University of Miami FL$26,987$55,826$41,000
Berklee College of Music MA$44,532$55,467$41,000
University of Hartford CT$32,523$54,836—
Montclair State University NJ$49,608$54,787$37,000
University of South Carolina-Columbia SC$40,317$54,634—
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV—$54,262—
University of Maryland-College Park MD$30,204$54,160—
University of North Carolina School of the Arts NC—$54,140—
George Mason University VA$57,819$53,431—
Norwich University VT—$53,360$41,000
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE—$53,139—
University of Denver CO$31,130$53,050$41,000
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee WI$44,415$53,047—
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN$32,407$53,019—
Texas Tech University TX—$52,995—
New York University NY$32,774$52,777$106,157
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA$26,075$51,887—
San Francisco Conservatory of Music CA$28,689$51,822$60,352
Johns Hopkins University MD$37,669$51,713$41,000
Rice University TX$36,744$50,777$37,384
University of Akron Main Campus OH—$50,460—
Ohio University-Main Campus OH$52,875$50,365$24,628
Florida State University FL—$50,069$24,426
Ball State University IN$49,904——
Wichita State University KS$46,718$49,779—
University of Arizona AZ—$49,602—
Oklahoma City University OK$42,289$49,533—
University of Kansas KS—$49,191—
Texas Woman's University TX—$49,163—
West Chester University of Pennsylvania PA$49,119——
Longy School of Music of Bard College MA$34,224$48,961$29,735
Bard College NY$34,224$48,961$29,735
University of Iowa IA$39,636$48,460—
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN—$47,890—
Texas Christian University TX—$47,885—
University of Georgia GA—$47,875—
University of Missouri-Kansas City MO—$47,852$39,000
University of South Florida FL—$46,862—
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ$36,742$46,731$39,700
East Carolina University NC$46,538——
Baylor University TX$26,267$46,515—
Illinois State University IL$35,079$46,476—
Georgia State University GA$52,753$46,454$38,500
The Juilliard School NY$32,251$46,372$41,000
Liberty University VA$44,550$46,324$32,648
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus OH$52,331$46,069$29,287
Rider University NJ$52,766$45,928$39,372
University of Oregon OR$30,857$45,719—
The New England Conservatory of Music MA$40,586$45,532$65,868
University of California-Los Angeles CA$33,157$45,410$41,000
University of Southern California CA$36,389$45,304$42,500
University of Colorado Boulder CO$31,319$45,110$29,326
Youngstown State University OH—$45,051—
Southern Methodist University TX$24,988$44,670—
University of Redlands CA$44,341——
Indiana University-Bloomington IN$35,551$44,312$41,000
Temple University PA$29,103$44,122$33,922
University of North Texas TX$32,542$44,040$37,080
University of Mississippi MS$43,743——
Boston University MA$30,881$43,249$41,000
Shenandoah University VA$45,661$42,787—
University of Rochester NY$28,617$42,543$41,175
University of Nevada-Reno NV—$42,242—
Northern Illinois University IL—$41,850—
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM—$41,657—
University of Northern Colorado CO$32,329$41,645—
University of Louisville KY$34,962$41,519—
University of Central Florida FL$41,374——
Roosevelt University IL$31,328$41,219$41,000
Manhattan School of Music NY$28,612$40,812$76,750
University of North Carolina at Greensboro NC$37,309$40,517$35,844
Carnegie Mellon University PA$32,360$39,953$41,000
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK—$39,637—
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL$36,054$39,607$21,656
Ithaca College NY$39,343——
Cleveland Institute of Music OH$23,210$38,887$41,000
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI—$38,693$41,000
DePaul University IL$31,762$38,670$41,000
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA$40,257$38,489—
California State University-Fullerton CA$33,393$37,850$21,968
Texas State University TX—$37,655$38,594
The University of Texas at Austin TX$33,947$37,603$37,338
Duquesne University PA—$37,427—
Belmont University TN$39,257$37,264$42,948
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH$32,924$37,208$30,419
Northwestern University IL$29,649$34,062$41,000
Western Michigan University MI$25,465$33,453—
California State University-Long Beach CA$31,598$32,534—
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA$32,151——
Yale University CT$39,377$29,895$26,000
California Institute of the Arts CA$31,322$29,494$90,624
The New School NY—$26,925$41,000