MA Music Business at New York University

The MA program in Music Business addresses the music industry as a unique business operating within corporate and entrepreneurial structures. The skills students develop in the program prepare them to work in a variety of positions and settings in a fast-paced industry that needs thoroughly trained personnel who can apply business and administration theory to problems that have a strong aesthetic and artistic dimension.

Faculty: Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development  |  Duration: 42 credits  |  Location: New York, NY, United States

What you will study

Statistics is a prerequisite for this program. This prerequisite may be met by prior coursework a the undergraduate or graduate level with a passing grade of "B" or better. Students who have not met this prerequisite complete this requirement during their first semester and graduate with 45 credits. Sample required courses: Music Business Graduate Prof Develpmnt Sequence (register for this each semester); Principles and Practice in The Music Industry; Law and Music Industry; Environment of The Music Industry; Emerging Models and Markets for Music; Colloquy Music Business.

Career pathways

The program prepares highly skilled, disciplined, and thoroughly trained management professionals for the commercial (for profit) music business sector. Graduates serve as managers, new product developers, promoters, record administrators, digital strategists, music publishers, marketers, distributors, entrepreneurs, data analysts, producers, and in many other capacities.

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