Music

2,210 programs at U.S. colleges award 26,054 credentials a year in this field (CIP 50.09). Bachelor's graduates nationally earn a median of $42,892 four years after graduating.

Highest-paying Undergraduate certificate programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Visible Music College Memphis, TN	$24,993	$5,500	10
Atlanta Institute of Music and Media Duluth, GA	$24,109	$11,152	29
American InterContinental University-Houston Houston, TX	$22,690	$9,500	6
American InterContinental University System Chandler, AZ	$22,690	$9,500	—
American InterContinental University-Atlanta Atlanta, GA	$22,690	$9,500	7

Highest-paying Associate's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Full Sail University Winter Park, FL	$23,018	$22,500	33
Valencia College Orlando, FL	$22,985	$9,592	32
Los Angeles Film School Hollywood, CA	$21,399	$20,000	389
Atlanta Institute of Music and Media Duluth, GA	$16,086	$18,354	19

Highest-paying Bachelor's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX	$59,926	$25,630	58
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX	$56,373	$15,175	41
Texas A&M University-Kingsville Kingsville, TX	$56,072	$31,000	29
The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX	$56,062	$14,894	21
University of Houston Houston, TX	$52,799	$25,000	55
East Texas A&M University Commerce, TX	$52,282	$24,728	47
Texas State University San Marcos, TX	$51,158	$23,250	57
West Texas A & M University Canyon, TX	$50,881	$22,500	21
Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	$49,906	$27,000	76
Lebanon Valley College Annville, PA	$49,383	$26,846	14
Stephen F Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX	$47,318	$26,000	66
University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	$47,151	$30,500	36
The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	$47,010	$23,703	44
Luther College Decorah, IA	$45,367	$27,000	33
Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN	$44,635	$15,250	10
Texas Woman's University Denton, TX	$44,058	$22,137	32
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI	$43,764	$25,557	52
Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL	$42,830	$27,250	35
University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	$42,548	$15,500	45
Lamar University Beaumont, TX	$42,328	$20,768	10
Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, LA	$41,404	$30,990	11
Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN	$41,038	$26,250	18
Radford University Radford, VA	$39,593	$26,280	19
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	$39,564	$24,625	56
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	$39,121	$27,000	52

Highest-paying Master's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA	$71,579	$14,817	0
Messiah University Mechanicsburg, PA	$66,109	$21,472	36
Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	$54,680	$40,506	46
Montclair State University Montclair, NJ	$54,350	$41,000	19
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, PA	$50,808	—	8
SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia, NY	$50,174	$23,582	12
Stephen F Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX	$49,492	$33,236	30
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE	$48,098	—	13
University of Memphis Memphis, TN	$47,417	$24,597	15
University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD	$46,183	—	14
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	$43,021	$33,881	12
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	$42,484	$30,158	57
Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL	$40,434	—	30
Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	$39,909	$34,061	44
University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	$39,616	$33,000	39
Illinois State University Normal, IL	$38,873	$31,482	27
University of Delaware Newark, DE	$38,417	—	33
Texas Woman's University Denton, TX	$38,362	—	15
California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	$37,985	$41,000	51
Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA	$37,001	—	13
Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ	$36,928	$41,000	1
Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	$36,928	$41,000	21
University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	$35,436	$38,386	20
George Mason University Fairfax, VA	$35,070	—	15
San Francisco Conservatory of Music San Francisco, CA	$35,025	$64,250	104

Highest-paying Doctoral degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	$65,466	—	24
University of Rochester Rochester, NY	$49,861	$75,030	33
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$49,679	$41,000	25
Claremont Graduate University Claremont, CA	$48,663	—	10
Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	$46,561	$64,754	40
University of North Texas Denton, TX	$44,492	$36,476	54
Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	$44,333	—	12
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	$44,190	—	15
University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	$41,696	—	16
University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO	$41,184	$39,598	21
University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	$41,098	—	17
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	$40,102	$60,178	37
University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	$38,458	$33,336	21
Boston University Boston, MA	$38,029	—	25
Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	$36,051	$62,503	35
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	$35,068	—	35
Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	$34,264	$76,688	29
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	$33,487	$52,754	38
University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	$30,859	—	35
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	$29,274	—	29
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	$29,010	$50,591	2
University of Georgia Athens, GA	$28,793	—	26
University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	$27,769	—	7

Highest-paying Graduate certificate programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
San Francisco Conservatory of Music San Francisco, CA	$36,706	$33,674	31