Master’s degree · MA
Master of Arts in Music
San Francisco State University · SF State School of Music · San Francisco, California, United States
- Official award
- Master of ArtsMA
- Subject
- General Music StudiesMusic Education (concentration)
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Graduate academic degree for advanced study in specific music areas, including a music education emphasis and composition preparation; requires a culminating creative project or thesis.
- Department
- SF State 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 ArtsMA
- Award family
- MAA Master of Arts. It is not relabelled as a Master of Music.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| General Music Studies | Named majorThe official major or program title inside a broader award. | “The Masters of Arts in Music program provides advanced study for students with highly developed interest and attainment in specific areas of music.”Source |
| Music Education | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | Music Education EmphasisApplicants apply to this pathway“Music Education Emphasis The School of Music offers two options for the Music Education Emphasis”Source |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
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No program-level accreditation or validation record has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Dissertation, thesis or artistic research
- Creative project or master's thesis
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- SF State campus (Creative Arts Building)1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132
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
- Not published
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, duration, full-time or part-time options, intakes, audition requirement, whether a previous degree is required, accreditation or validation record.
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)