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Department of Music Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Brandeis University

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  • Waltham, MA
    location
  • Private
    type
  • Suburban
    setting
  • 42%58%
    student ratio
  • 38
    total students
  • Not Reported
    in-state tuition | out-of-state tuition
  • January 15
    fall application deadline
  • 27%
    acceptance rate
  • 7 Degrees
    degrees offered

Degrees & Award

  • Degrees Offered
    • Major Degree Levels Offered
    • Musicology Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
      Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
      Master of Arts (MA)
    • Composition And Theory Master of Arts (MA)
      Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
      Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
    • Music And Women's And Gender Studies Master of Arts (MA)
  • Degrees Awarded
    • Master's Degrees 11
    • Doctoral Degrees 5
    • First Professional Degrees Not reported
    • Other Advanced Degrees Not reported
    • * Shows the number of degrees awarded for the last academic year that data was reported.
  • Earning Your Degree
    • Part-time study available? Yes
    • Evening/weekend programs available? No
    • Distance learning programs available? No
    • Terminal master's degree available? Yes
  • Degree Requirements
    • Master's Degrees V and Alternate accepted
    • Doctoral Degrees V, Required, Required and teaching requirement; colloquia
    • First Professional Degrees Not reported
    • Other Advanced Degrees Not reported

Admissions

27% of applicants are admitted.
  • Acceptance Rate
    • Applied103
    • Accepted28
    • Acceptance Rate27%
    • Enrolled9
  • Applying
    • Application Fee - Domestic $75
    • Application Fee - International $75
    • Electronic applications accepted? Yes
    • Applications processed on a rolling basis? Yes
  • Application Deadlines
    • Type Domestic International Priority Date
    • Fall deadline January 15th January 15th Yes
    • Winter deadline Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported
    • Spring deadline November 15th Not Reported Not Reported
  • Entrance Requirements
    • Master's DegreesGRE General Test (recommended), resume, letters of recommendation, transcript(s), statement of purpose, and writing sample, exam and examples of original work (for composition and theory applicants)
    • Doctoral's DegreesGRE General Test (recommended), resume, letters of recommendation, transcript(s), statement of purpose, and writing sample, exam and examples of original work (for composition and theory applicants)
    • First-Professional's DegreesNot Reported
    • Other Advanced DegreesNot Reported
    • International DegreesTOEFL required, 600 paper based, TOEFL iBT, IELTS recommended, IELTS paper based

Tuition & Fees

  • Tuition & Fees
    • In-state tuition *Not Reported
    • Out-of-state tuition *Not Reported
    • International student tuitionNot Reported
    • * Tuition for full-time graduate student per academic year
  • Fees
    • Per-academic year feesNot Reported
    • Per-term feesNot Reported
    • One-time feeNot Reported
    • * Fees for full-time graduate students
  • Financial Support
    • Financial award applicants must submitFAFSA
    • Application deadlines for financial awardsApril 15
    • Types of financial support availableFellowships, Teaching Assistantships, Tuition Waivers, Financial Support for Part-time Students, Health Care Benefits, Scholarship and/or loans

Student Body

  • Gender
    • Total Graduate Students38
    • Female Percentage42%
    • Male Percentage58%
  • Participation
    • Total Graduate Students38
    • Part-time Percentage3%
    • Full-time Percentage97%
  • Ethnicity
    • Hispanic / Latino0%
    • Black / African American3%
    • White / Caucasian69%
    • American Indian / Alaskan Native0%
    • Asian3%
    • Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander0%
    • Two or more races0%
    • Unknown25%

Faculty

  • Faculty Breakout
    • Total Faculty20
    • Full-time Percentage40%
    • Part-time Percentage60%
    • Female Percentage25%
    • Male Percentage75%

Research

  • Existing Research
    • Focus of faculty researchComposition, performance, theory and analysis, music history, musicology
    • Externally sponsored research expenditures last yearNot Reported

Location & Contact

Department of Music

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Brandeis University

415 South Street
Waltham, MA 02454-9110
United States

Prof. Mary Ray

Chair

Phone: 781-736-3310
Email: ray@brandeis.edu

Mr. Mark Kagan

Senior Academic Administrator

Phone: 781-736-3311
Email: kagan@brandeis.edu

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