Master’s degree · MM / MMus
Master of Music in Music Education (in-person summer format)
SUNY Potsdam - The Crane School of Music · The Crane School of Music · Potsdam, New York, United States
- Official award
- Master of Music in Music EducationMM
- Subject
- Music Education
- Format
- Low residencytwo consecutive in-person summer semesters
- Tuition
- Not published
Low-residency program
About this program
32-credit master's for practising teachers, completed over two consecutive in-person summers with two online courses between them and a remote capstone seminar.
- Department
- The Crane 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 in Music EducationMM
- Award family
- MM / MMusA Master of Music or MMus, exactly as titled by the awarding institution.
- 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
- Yes
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Music Education | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. |
Professional pathway
Academic study and professional licensure or clinical registration are different things. This is recorded exactly as the program states it.
- Type
- Teacher licensure or qualification route
- What the page says
- For those holding initial certification to teach music K-12 in the State of New York, this degree fulfills the academic requirements for professional certification; applicants must hold a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education or another Bachelor of Music degree with initial teacher certification.Source
- Jurisdiction
- New York State
Qualifications and professional recognition vary by country and program. Confirm requirements with the relevant professional body before enrolling.
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.
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
- 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
- two consecutive in-person summer semesters
- Residency frequency
- two consecutive summers
- Residency length
- Not published
- Residency location
- Not published
- Attendance mandatory
- Yes
- Travel expectations
- Not published
- Online components
- two online courses taken between the two summers, and a capstone seminar completed (remotely) after the second summer
- Additional residency costs
- college provides opportunities for on-campus housing at weekly rates
- Live attendance
- Live attendance not published
- International enrolment
- Not published
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- two consecutive in-person summer semesters
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- SUNY Potsdam - The Crane School of Music campus44 Pierrepont Avenue, Potsdam, NY 13676
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Audition
- No audition required
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- Bachelor of Music in Music Education or another Bachelor of Music with initial teacher certification
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, 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)