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3.5k Master's degrees in Arts, Design & Architecture in United States
Jazz Studies-Concentration in Performance
New England Conservatory of Music has long been a pioneer in the education of jazz artists, having started the first fully accredited Jazz Studies-Concentration in Performance program at the conservatory level nearly 50 years ago. NEC’s community of alumni and faculty comprises some of today’s most influential jazz artists, including MacArthur Genius grant recipients and Grammy Award winners.
Landscape Architecture
The Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) from University of Tennessee Knoxville provides you with the robust design, digital communication and critical-thinking skills necessary for collaborative leadership on the multidisciplinary, multifunctional landscape projects that will be created in the future.
Music Education
The Music Education MA program from University of South Florida is offered by the College of The Arts.
Industrial Design
The Industrial Design program at University of Houston is a two-year curriculum committed to design innovation, research, and commercialization.

Architectural Engineering
The Architectural Engineering programme from Illinois Institute of Technology is a research and thesis-based degree programme oriented toward students who wish to develop more knowledge about the design, construction, and operation of buildings and their systems.
Art-Visual Arts
The M.F.A., Art-Visual Arts program at California State University Northridge allows for development of individual professional skills to produce digital media content, and it also focuses on evaluation of media performance, using analytic and research techniques that culminate in a Thesis, Graduate Project or Comprehensive Examination.
Theatre (Concentration in Pedagogy and Performance)
The Master of Fine Arts in Theatre (Concentration in Pedagogy and Performance) at Virginia Commonwealth University is individually tailored to prepare early- to mid-career theatre professionals to enter the field of teaching at the university or college level.
Digital Arts and Sciences (Engineering)
The Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering offers the Master of Science degree in Digital Arts and Sciences through the College of Engineering. The Digital Arts and Sciences (Engineering) program is offered at University of Florida.
Music Theory
Music Theory at the University of Washington, encompasses many areas of study, ranging from the relatively traditional (Schenkerian analysis, set theory) to the more recently emergent (neo-Riemannian theory, semiotics).
Keyboard Performance
Candidates for the Master of Music in Keyboard Performance (M.M.) at University of Miami must possess excellent pianistic skills, musicality, and artistic curiosity.
Learning, Design and Technology
The College of Education is committed to offering high quality graduate programs that provide students with the knowledge and skill necessary to become educational leaders within their areas of specialization and expertise. The Learning, Design and Technology program is offered at the University of Wyoming.
Music
The Music at The University of Iowa is awarded by the Graduate College. Instruction is offered through the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Industrial Design - Innovation Systems Design
The Industrial Design - Innovation Systems Design degree at Art Center College of Design prepares the innovators of tomorrow by combining business strategy, leadership and management acumen with the rigorous development of creative skills and experience with design innovation methodology.
Architecture
Indiana University Bloomington offers a degree in Architecture. Based in Columbus, Indiana, the J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program is uniquely based on twin studio experiences of architectural design and studio art, helping you develop a combination of creative and analytical skills that will set you apart.
City and Regional Planning-Land Use and Environmental Planning
The City and Regional Planning-Land Use and Environmental Planning program of University of Pennsylvania requires completion of 19 course units, including course requirements from the core curriculum and one of six concentration areas. In addition, all students must complete a non-credit planning internship between the first and second years of study.
Musicology
The department at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill offers the degrees of master of arts (M.A.) in Musicology and the doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) in musicology, construing "musicology" in its broad sense to encompass the interrelated disciplines of music history, music theory, ethnomusicology, and studies of popular culture.
Painting and Drawing
With an emphasis on studio production, critical discussion, and experimentation, the MFA in Painting and Drawing program at School of the Art Institute of Chicago reflects and reinforces the diversity of approaches that propel artmaking today and for the future.
Contemporary Media and Film Composition
University of Rochester's Beal Institute for Film Music and Contemporary Media offers a Master's degree in Contemporary Media and Film Composition
Music Education
University of the Pacific’s Conservatory of Music, in conjunction with Pacific’s Benerd College, offers a Master of Music in Music Education (MM) designed for students with an undergraduate degree in music education. Students complete 33 units of coursework (typically four semesters) at Pacific’s Stockton (CA) campus.
Metals and Jewelry Design
The Metals and Jewelry Design program of Rochester Institute of Technology is a professional degree for practicing artists, craftspeople, or designers who desire to leave a lasting impression on their fields through a devotion to their work and the high standards of discipline and artistic ideals.