Overview

If you are a certified music teacher and want to expand your professional skills or advance your career to the next level, apply to Rhode Island College’s MMED in Music Education program.

This advanced degree program includes the study of K-12 teaching methods; applied music; assessment; classroom research; and the history, philosophy and psychology of music education.

Key Features

Your program is individually developed by you and your graduate advisor, based on information derived from your application, audition, department entrance audition and personal interview.

After all the admissions steps have been completed, you and your graduate advisor will work together to develop a formal Plan of Study which, when approved and signed, will become your degree curriculum.

Learning Goals

Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

demonstrate leadership in professional music education

demonstrate enhanced skills in teaching in classroom and rehearsal settings

demonstrate a solid foundation in scholarship and research that will grow over their professional lifetime and that will inform and support their professional work

build on the base of performance skills established in their baccalaureate studies

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Social Issues in Education

Overview of Special Education: Policies/Practices

Research Techniques in Music Education

Perception, Assessment, and Evaluation in Music

Advanced Studies in Music Education

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-31 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

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Credits

36 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Providence, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

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General requirements

A completed application form accompanied by a $50 nonrefundable application fee. Graduate applications are available online at: https://www.ric.edu/department-directory/office-graduate-studies.

Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate records.

A minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale in undergraduate course work.

An official report of scores on the Praxis II Music: Content Knowledge Test (5113).

Three letters of recommendation.

A baccalaureate degree in music or at least 50 credit hours of music.

Teacher certification in music.

Evidence of musicianship.

An interview.

A plan of study approved by the advisor and appropriate dean.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

37008 USD / year

≈ 37008 USD / year
Out-of-State

37008 USD / year

≈ 37008 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

19008 USD / year

≈ 19008 USD / year

Additional Details

Northeast Neighbors: $792/credit

Living costs

Providence

United States

1030 - 1900 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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