Master’s degree · Other master’s award
Master of Music Education (MMEd)
VanderCook College of Music · VanderCook College of Music · Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Official award
- Master of Music EducationMMEd
- Subject
- Music Education
- Format
- Hybrid
- Tuition
- Not published
Hybrid program
About this program
36-credit master's for licensed music teachers with Band, Choir, Orchestra and General Music tracks and a Professional Pathway.
- Department
- VanderCook College 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 EducationMMEd
- 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
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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
- HybridA mix of online and in-person study without a fixed residency model. A hybrid degree is never described as fully online.
- Online instruction
- Blended with required campus elements
- Mandatory campus attendance
- Not published
- Campus residencies or workshops
- Six-week summer residency consists of 3 weeks online followed by 3 weeks onsite instruction
- Live attendance
- Live attendance not published
- International enrolment
- Not published
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Credits
- 36 credit hoursCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- VanderCook College of Music3140 South Federal Street, Chicago, IL 60616-3731
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
- Previous qualification
- Bachelor's degree in music or minimum of 60 credits in undergraduate music coursework
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)