Master’s degree · Other master’s award
Master of Music Education
Bemidji State University · School of Music · Bemidji, Minnesota, United States
- Official award
- Master of Music Education
- Subject
- Music Education
- Format
- Low residencyThree summers
- Tuition
- Not published
Low-residency program
About this program
Graduate music education program for K-12 music educators that pairs summer residencies in Bemidji with private lesson courses during the academic year.
- Department
- School of Music
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
The award is shown exactly as the institution titles it. A program belongs to a subject only through the link below: a dedicated degree, a named major, a formal concentration or a documented pathway.
- Official award
- Master of Music Education
- Award family
- Other master’s awardAnother earned master’s-level award, such as MMusEd, MRes, MPhil, Diplom or a locally named qualification, shown with its official title.
- Qualification level
- Master’s degree
- Qualification standing
- Academic qualificationA degree, or a certificate or diploma awarded by a degree-awarding institution within a national qualifications framework.
- Orientation
- Orientation not published
- Previous degree required
- Not published
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Music Education | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional accreditation, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and national qualification registers are different things.
Stated by the schoolNational Association of Schools of Music (NASM)Program accreditationUS
Scope: Statement on the School of Music page that the university is accredited by NASM
Study structure
- Delivery
- Low residencyMostly distance study with required periods on site (residencies). It is never described as fully online.
- Online instruction
- Distance study with required residencies
- Mandatory campus attendance
- Yes
- Campus residencies or workshops
- Three consecutive summer residencies in Bemidji
- Residency frequency
- Three consecutive summers
- Residency length
- 4-week residency each summer
- Residency location
- Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minnesota
- Attendance mandatory
- Yes
- Travel expectations
- Students live in Linden Hall with their cohort or commute if they live nearby
- Online components
- Not published
- Additional residency costs
- Not published
- Individual lessons
- Two private lesson courses with a faculty adviser between the second and third summer session and during the academic year
- Recitals and performance assessment
- Capstone projects, theses or recitals shared in the third and final year
- In-person assessment
- Final projects, theses or recitals are shared with the community in the third year for those completing capstone projects
- Live attendance
- Live attendance not published
- International enrolment
- Not published
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Three summers
- Credits
- 33 creditsCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Bemidji State University
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Audition
- Audition requirement not published
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Interview required
- Previous qualification
- Completed undergraduate degree in Music (or equivalent as determined by department review)
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether lessons, accompanists, practice rooms, instrument hire, software, recording, recitals, travel and residency costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, full-time or part-time options, intakes, audition requirement, whether a previous degree is required.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 25 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 25 October 2026)