FLEXIBLE. ACCREDITED. AFFORDABLE.

Northern State University's Master of Music Education program can help you enhance your career, develop your professional skills, and fulfill your passion for music.

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Are you… 

  • A choral director?   
  • An instrumental teacher?   
  • A K-12 general music instructor?  

Northern’s Master of Music Education (MME) online format is designed to fit into your busy life. Northern offers a flexible way to complete your advanced degree in two years while retaining your current position. Take courses online during the school year and enjoy a one-week on-campus residency with your classmates and professors during the summer term.

You will be engaged, supported and energized to move forward in the classroom and your career.

Nationally Recognized

#22

Top Online Master's Programs in Music Education

 - Intelligent

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#24

Top Public School in the Midwest

- U.S. News & World Report

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#17

Most Affordable Online Master's in Music Education

 - GetEducated

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Demonstrated Student Success

Jeremy Schutter with trombone

"Being in the first cohort of the NSU MME . . . allowed me to develop a more open-minded approach to how I instruct the bands I have the privilege of directing.”

Jeremy Schutter

Band Director

Central High School

Aberdeen, South Dakota

Chelsea Nguyen at graduation

“This program . . . has renewed my excitement and increased my confidence in being a music educator.”

Chelsea Nguyen

K-5 Elementary Music

Pershing Elementary School

Berwyn, Illinois

Affordable Tuition

 

Northern State University is known for having some of the best-value programs in the region.

Here is a comparison based on 30 credit hours at published non-resident rates for 2022-2023:

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Your path toward earning your master's degree starts here