2024 Best Colleges for Music Management

SUMMARY

Majoring in Music Management is a valuable choice and frequently a needed first step for scholars desiring to pursue a career as a music producer, a tour manager, or an artist manager. In fact, nationally, music management is an uncommon degree ranking as the 175th most popular major. Last year alone, there were 1,533 music management graduates. In-state tuition for music management at private universities is, on average, 4.1 times more spendy than their public equivalents.

With only 94 universities offering this degree you may have a more finite list of the institutions which will have a degree program for you. If you're looking to immerse yourself with other music management undergraduates, consider looking at institutions in Tennessee which have more students admitted to music management than any other state. Zooming out, the best region to major in music management is in the Southeast region with Full Sail University, Belmont University, and Middle Tennessee State University best representing the region. Interestingly, our selection of the best conference to major in music management is the Ohio Valley Conference with Murray State University representing the conference. From our extensive list on the best colleges, our choice for the best university for music management is University of Southern California.

The overall best school does not have to be the best school for you. There can be a bunch more facets to think about when deciding on institution. Things like campus amenities, transportation services, and food might definitely change your inclinations on where to go to college. At Authority, we have evaluated the pros and cons for you. If, for example, you want to know which music management university boasts the top college campus, the answer is Syracuse University. If you are very interested in which university has the finest campus, we have an entire list dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through professor reviews, government databases, student reviews, and more so we can compare each major in an unbiased and informative way. You can find our comprehensive list for the universities with the best student life&nbsphere and, from that list, our pick for the university with the best student life for music management is University of Southern California. Curious why? Continue scrolling to find out more about our top selections. Many of our decisions just might surprise you.

If expense is a major influence in your decisions, you might be cautious about University of Southern California. University of Southern California&nbspis the most expensive school for music management, at least for out of state enrollment. That being said, we have a list of the most expensive&nbspschools that might put the expense at University of Southern California&nbspinto perspective. You could also be interested to know that music management is the 265th most expensive major in the United States, with an average expense of $26,200. On a broader scale, the most expensive state for music management in the nation is California demonstrated with a tuition of $57,256 at the main school in the state University of Southern California. Even more broadly, the most costly region of the U.S. for music management is unfortunately unavailable due to missing data.

Our cheapest region for music management is the Plains region which is represented by Minnesota State University-Mankato with a cost of $15,686. More optimistically, the most affordable university for music management is Ferris State University. Authority.org's full list of the most affordable colleges can be found here.

In-state learners can expect to pay in the neighborhood of $9,100 for a degree in music management. The cost swells intensely to an average of $20,000 for the out-of-state public-school undergrad. On that note, our selection for the college with the best value for music management: University of Southern California. Here you will find our comprehensive list about the schools we see as being the best value&nbspin general. Do know, this section is predicated on out-of-state tuition costs. The value proposition changes when in-state tuition is considered, but we do not know where you live (and are not trying to collect that kind of data).

Earnings for music management majors differ widely, but two-years after graduation students will regularly make in the neighborhood of $44,000. While there is much variation in pay; top earners can enjoy pay up to $77,100. Even straight out of school, the minimum earning positions within the music management field earn $24,000, which could be worse. The highest earning grads from music management graduated from University of Southern California&nbspand if you want to find the colleges with all of the highest earning graduates, Authority has that too.

The general diversity of music management stands in the bottom, arriving within only the 14th percentile of all programs. The school with the highest composite diversity for music management is University of Southern California&nbspand here you can find our general list for the colleges with the most diversity. The overall financial diversity of Music Management only is in the 59th percentile of all majors. Racial diversity is even lower in the 8th percentile. White undergraduates compose the largest proportion at 80% of students majoring in music management. Additionally, 54% of undergrads seeking a music management degree are men.

The median rating of music management professors is 3.8 stars, a rating that is 5% below the median for every major; which is a subpar score. If you are looking for the most popular music management professor nationally, consider looking up Brad Dell at Iowa State University. This might be shocking, but the highest rated instructors for music management from student rankings are at Iowa State University. As we including information beyond just rankings it becomes clear that the school possessing the overall best professors for music management is University of Southern California. One will find more detail on our ever evolving ranking methodology for the best overall professors here, along with many of the finest professors nationwide.

Finally, the most difficult school to get into for music management is University of Southern California. While we think of this list more as a novelty, we have an extensive page of the hardest colleges to get into. But, we do hope you believe that considering the education process with context primarily shaped by superlatives might create problems. We encourage you to read our other pages on different schools and peruse some of our informative background articles on beneficial things to think about as your university search continues.