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Graduate Certificate Music Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University

Arizona State University, United States

Programme overview

Music entrepreneurship is a discipline that intersects the traditional music disciplines. Music entrepreneurship centers the skills and mindset of the entrepreneur to empower you to create work that is meaningful, sustainable and oriented to community and market need. You benefit from the business, marketing and organizational skills offered by certificate courses as applied specifically to and within the arts.

Faculty: Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts  |  Department: School of Music, Dance and Theatre  |  Duration: 15 credit hours  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Tempe, AZ, United States

What you will study

15 credit hours Required Core (3 credit hours) MUP 538 The Enterprising Artist (3) Electives (9 credit hours) Internship (3 credit hours) MSC 584 Internship (3) Additional Curriculum Information In consultation with the faculty coordinator, students select three electives based on their interests and goals for the certificate. Music, Dance and Theatre graduate degree page .

Career pathways

A certificate in music entrepreneurship enables students to enhance the marketable skills they acquire through their other studies and help them develop new skills, including marketing, business practices, grant writing, arts administration and fundraising management. Career examples: arts administrator, community arts advocate, performing musician, public or community school teacher, university professor.

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Entry requirements

Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Applicants are eligible to apply to the program if they have earned a bachelor's or master's degree in music or related field from a regionally accredited institution or can demonstrate a background in music. Applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in the last 60 hours of their first bachelor's degree program or a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in an applicable master's degree program. Applicants are required to submit: graduate admission application and application fee official transcripts written statement proof of English proficiency Additional Application Information An applicant whose native language is not English must provide proof of English proficiency regardless of their current residency. International students who need an F-1 or J-1 visa first need to apply to and be accepted to a graduate degree program before being considered for the certificate program.

Domestic applicants: USD 13,327 a year (2026-27). Arizona resident tuition. Tuition only for the graduate on-campus (Tempe/Downtown Phoenix/Polytechnic/West Valley) rate band in the ASU tuition estimator, 2026-27: Fall 2026 plus Spring 2027 term tuition summed (full-time flat rate; part-time credit loads Source

International applicants: USD 24,780 a year (2026-27). International tuition. Tuition only for the graduate on-campus (Tempe/Downtown Phoenix/Polytechnic/West Valley) rate band in the ASU tuition estimator, 2026-27: Fall 2026 plus Spring 2027 term tuition summed (full-time flat rate; part-time credit loads ar Source

Duration: 15 credit hours

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