4-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort four years after completion.
$41,501
Program median
Program + credential
Music.: Graduate/Professional Certificate
Credential-level program pages keep field-of-study metrics separate from institution-wide outcomes.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard Data status: March 23, 2026 Missing and suppressed values are not zero.
Available program metrics
5-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort five years after completion.
$38,316
Program median
Median debt Median program debt for a defined completion cohort.
$24,007
At evaluated institution
Cohort count Count context for the program outcome metrics.
13,894
Students in outcome cohort
| School | Type | Institution net price | Institution grad rate | Program data status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian State University Boone, NC | Public | $16,836 | 74.5% | Available |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ | Public | $14,967 | 68% | Available |
| Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TN | Public | $9,735 | 40.2% | Available |
| Ball State University Muncie, IN | Public | $14,940 | 62.3% | Available |
| Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, NY | Private nonprofit | $34,649 | 67.6% | Available |
| Belhaven University Jackson, MS | Private nonprofit | $15,676 | 48.5% | Available |
| Berklee College of Music Boston, MA | Private nonprofit | $49,465 | 67.3% | Available |
| Boston University Boston, MA | Private nonprofit | $24,402 | 88.7% | Available |
| Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH | Public | $24,022 | 63.7% | Available |
| California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA | Public | $6,555 | 70.2% | Available |
| Campbellsville University Campbellsville, KY | Private nonprofit | $19,341 | 42% | Available |
| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | Private nonprofit | $31,944 | 94.1% | Available |
| Cleveland Institute of Music Cleveland, OH | Private nonprofit | $28,226 | 72.1% | Available |
| Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $21,590 | 96.1% | Available |
| Columbus State University Columbus, GA | Public | $13,115 | 41.8% | Available |
| CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY | Public | $3,103 | 53.9% | Available |
| CUNY Queens College Queens, NY | Public | $4,195 | 53.3% | Available |
| Curtis Institute of Music Philadelphia, PA | Private nonprofit | Not available | 96.2% | Available |
| DePaul University Chicago, IL | Private nonprofit | $30,902 | 67.8% | Available |
| Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA | Private nonprofit | $37,730 | 77.5% | Available |
| East Carolina University Greenville, NC | Public | $15,739 | 62.6% | Available |
| Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA | Public | $15,267 | 54.9% | Available |
| Georgia State University Atlanta, GA | Public | $15,931 | 53.1% | Available |
| Greensboro College Greensboro, NC | Private nonprofit | $17,882 | 46.2% | Available |
| Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN | Public | $16,264 | 80.2% | Available |
| Indiana University-South Bend South Bend, IN | Public | $8,653 | 40.1% | Available |
| Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | Private nonprofit | $18,809 | 93.8% | Available |
| Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH | Public | $20,787 | 63.7% | Available |
| La Sierra University Riverside, CA | Private nonprofit | $45,566 | 59.7% | Available |
| Le Moyne College Syracuse, NY | Private nonprofit | $22,277 | 73.1% | Available |
| Liberty University Lynchburg, VA | Private nonprofit | $29,357 | 65.3% | Available |
| Longy School of Music of Bard College Cambridge, MA | Private nonprofit | $38,530 | 77.8% | Available |
| Lynn University Boca Raton, FL | Private nonprofit | $44,089 | 52.1% | Available |
| Manhattan School of Music New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $51,754 | 78.3% | Available |
| Messiah University Mechanicsburg, PA | Private nonprofit | $26,502 | 75% | Available |
| Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | Public | $19,680 | 80.7% | Available |
| Missouri Southern State University Joplin, MO | Public | $12,007 | 41.6% | Available |
| Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO | Public | $17,613 | 57.9% | Available |
| Montclair State University Montclair, NJ | Public | $15,566 | 64.7% | Available |
| New York University New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $37,050 | 87.6% | Available |
| Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ | Public | $14,158 | 61.3% | Available |
| Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL | Public | $13,391 | 48.7% | Available |
| Northwestern University Evanston, IL | Private nonprofit | $29,167 | 95.1% | Available |
| Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI | Public | $9,120 | 57.6% | Available |
| Oberlin College Oberlin, OH | Private nonprofit | $38,645 | 80.9% | Available |
| Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH | Public | $21,637 | 65.5% | Available |
| Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA | Public | $14,638 | 46.3% | Available |
| Park University Parkville, MO | Private nonprofit | $21,032 | 38.4% | Available |
| Portland State University Portland, OR | Public | $9,552 | 52.7% | Available |
| Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music San Juan, PR | Public | $7,260 | 66.7% | Available |
| Rider University Lawrenceville, NJ | Private nonprofit | $24,792 | 61.3% | Available |
| Roosevelt University Chicago, IL | Private nonprofit | $20,194 | 35.1% | Available |
| Salem College Winston-Salem, NC | Private nonprofit | $18,277 | 57.4% | Available |
| Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX | Public | $16,404 | 54.8% | Available |
| San Diego State University San Diego, CA | Public | $15,364 | 76.4% | Available |
| San Francisco Conservatory of Music San Francisco, CA | Private nonprofit | $42,607 | 73.7% | Available |
| Shenandoah University Winchester, VA | Private nonprofit | $30,298 | 66.8% | Available |
| Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA | Public | $19,608 | 65.6% | Available |
| Southern Adventist University Collegedale, TN | Private nonprofit | $24,345 | 49.4% | Available |
| Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL | Public | $14,889 | 57% | Available |
| Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX | Private nonprofit | $40,892 | 84.3% | Available |
| Southern Oregon University Ashland, OR | Public | $16,732 | 42.5% | Available |
| SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NY | Public | $18,913 | 62.8% | Available |
| Temple University Philadelphia, PA | Public | $28,198 | 75.1% | Available |
| Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX | Private nonprofit | $36,660 | 85.5% | Available |
| Texas State University San Marcos, TX | Public | $16,805 | 55.3% | Available |
| Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX | Public | $19,070 | 68.7% | Available |
| The Catholic University of America Washington, DC | Private nonprofit | $29,561 | 79.5% | Available |
| The Juilliard School New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $43,571 | 92.6% | Available |
| The New England Conservatory of Music Boston, MA | Private nonprofit | $46,754 | 73.4% | Available |
| The New School New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $58,741 | 69.4% | Available |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN | Public | $18,976 | 73.9% | Available |
| The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX | Public | $13,951 | 54% | Available |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | Public | $19,857 | 88.9% | Available |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX | Public | $10,836 | 52.6% | Available |
| Towson University Towson, MD | Public | $17,413 | 69.5% | Available |
| University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY | Public | $20,995 | 75.2% | Available |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR | Public | $18,209 | 70.5% | Available |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | Public | $12,548 | 92.6% | Available |
| University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR | Public | $16,511 | 53.5% | Available |
| University of Connecticut Storrs, CT | Public | $25,097 | 83.3% | Available |
| University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT | Public | $13,807 | 61.6% | Available |
| University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford, CT | Public | $16,403 | 65.1% | Available |
| University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford, CT | Public | $16,798 | 56.5% | Available |
| University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury, CT | Public | $10,875 | 52.7% | Available |
| University of Denver Denver, CO | Private nonprofit | $36,131 | 75.6% | Available |
| University of Hartford West Hartford, CT | Private nonprofit | $30,282 | 54.4% | Available |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | Public | $14,355 | 85.1% | Available |
| University of Kansas Lawrence, KS | Public | $18,059 | 68.8% | Available |
| University of Kentucky Lexington, KY | Public | $18,851 | 71.4% | Available |
| University of Mary Bismarck, ND | Private nonprofit | $17,770 | 66.6% | Available |
| University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD | Public | $16,467 | 70% | Available |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA | Public | $22,383 | 83.3% | Available |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA | Public | $17,163 | 64.8% | Available |
| University of Memphis Memphis, TN | Public | $12,397 | 50.9% | Available |
| University of Miami Coral Gables, FL | Private nonprofit | $37,244 | 83.7% | Available |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | Public | $13,138 | 93.2% | Available |
| University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO | Public | $20,268 | 74.9% | Available |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO | Public | $13,310 | 55.5% | Available |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV | Public | $10,359 | 50.5% | Available |
| University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM | Public | $15,489 | 54.7% | Available |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC | Public | $10,965 | 56.3% | Available |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts Winston Salem, NC | Public | $14,906 | 77.8% | Available |
| University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL | Public | $10,154 | 69.2% | Available |
| University of North Texas Denton, TX | Public | $15,649 | 60.7% | Available |
| University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO | Public | $17,760 | 51.2% | Available |
| University of Oregon Eugene, OR | Public | $22,182 | 71.7% | Available |
| University of Redlands Redlands, CA | Private nonprofit | $30,031 | 67.3% | Available |
| University of Rochester Rochester, NY | Private nonprofit | $29,278 | 85.4% | Available |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC | Public | $22,811 | 78.8% | Available |
| University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD | Public | $19,858 | 59.9% | Available |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | Private nonprofit | $32,740 | 91.8% | Available |
| University of Southern Maine Portland, ME | Public | $13,596 | 40.4% | Available |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT | Public | $16,200 | 65.1% | Available |
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI | Public | $15,014 | 49.3% | Available |
| University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI | Public | $14,559 | 50.8% | Available |
| University of Wyoming Laramie, WY | Public | $13,599 | 58.8% | Available |
| Wesleyan College Macon, GA | Private nonprofit | $12,724 | 44.5% | Available |
| West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA | Public | $23,331 | 70.5% | Available |
| Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI | Public | $15,273 | 57.6% | Available |
| Western Oregon University Monmouth, OR | Public | $17,237 | 47.1% | Available |
| Wichita State University Wichita, KS | Public | $13,194 | 51% | Available |
| William Jewell College Liberty, MO | Private nonprofit | $17,562 | 67.7% | Available |
| William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ | Public | $18,745 | 44% | Available |
| Wright State University-Main Campus Dayton, OH | Public | $15,415 | 41.7% | Available |
| Yale University New Haven, CT | Private nonprofit | $23,777 | 95.7% | Available |