Master of Arts in Worship Studies
Overview
Prepare to Become a Professional Worship Leader with Liberty’s Master of Arts in Worship Studies
Your love for worship can go beyond a once-a-week Sunday morning service. Take your passion and prepare to turn it into a career with a Master of Arts (MA) in Worship Studies from Liberty! We offer this graduate degree in worship studies to allow students like you to get on track for a career in worship ministry.
At Liberty, we take music seriously. If you love music as much as we do, partner with us and take the next step toward your career goals. Our professors are excited to pour their years of industry experience into you, providing academic and spiritual mentorship as they pray for you throughout your studies. With our mission to Train Champions for Christ, we are so thankful for our faculty who make it possible to help equip and train musicians like you to make a difference for Christ around the globe.
Credit Hours
View CoursesNext start date: Aug 18, 2025
NASM Accredited
Highlights of Our Master’s in Worship Studies Degree
Step Into a Career-Ready Future
As a music student at Liberty, you can pursue your passion with confidence, knowing that nearly all of our recent residential graduate students have secured jobs in their field. Our programs are designed to help give you the tools and experience to step directly into a professional music career.
Create in a World-Class Environment
You’ll have access to cutting-edge resources, including our $2.2 million state-of-the-art recording studio and professional songwriting labs. Through the Michael W. Smith Center for Commercial Music, you may even have the opportunity to publish original music before you graduate.
Experience Excellence in Music Education
Liberty is proud to be designated as an “All Steinway” school, reflecting our commitment to providing students with the highest quality instruments. This distinction underscores the professional standard you can expect in your performance and practice experiences.
Accredited and Respected Program
Faculty Who Inspire
Your professors aren’t just educators – they’re artists, performers, and scholars with degrees from some of the most prestigious music schools in the country. Many of our students and alumni have gone on to produce award-nominated albums and have earned Dove Awards for their work in Christian music and songwriting.
Career Potential
Potential Career Opportunities for Worship Studies Graduates
Liberty University’s Master of Arts in Worship Studies can help prepare you to pursue the following occupations:
- Choir director
- Director of worship ministries
- Minister of music
- Missionary
- Professor
- Program director for contemporary worship
- Vocational worship leader
- Worship pastor
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Courses
What Will You Study in Our MA in Worship Studies?
Gain a better understanding of the theology, cultural influencers, and historical events that have laid the foundation for contemporary worship. As a master’s student in worship studies, you can examine doctrine with an emphasis on Christ, the Holy Spirit, salvation, and the Church as a whole. This can help better prepare you to use a worship leadership position to spread the gospel.
Our worship studies courses highlight the dynamics of corporate worship. These dynamic influences contain a multitude of areas of influence, from personal to historical to professional to corporate and local church ministry. By the end of your time studying these concepts, you can complete an honest personal assessment of your responsibility to music, preaching, and ministry.
All of our courses are designed to bring out your greatest ministry potential. Let us come alongside you to help ensure you get the most out of your graduate studies. Check out our featured courses below for more information about the type of classes you can take!
Featured Master’s in Worship Studies Courses
WRSP 501 – Principles of Worship and Ministry
WRSP 510 – Biblical Foundations of Worship
WMUS 610 – Tools and Techniques for Contemporary Worship
WMUS 630 – Principles of Worship Technology
Degree Information
- Explore further with the Course Catalog.
- This program falls under our School of Music.
BENEFITS
Why Choose Liberty’s Master of Arts in Worship Studies?
Start Your Journey in Worship and Ministry
Your path toward a career in worship and ministry leadership begins right here at Liberty University. With access to our state-of-the-art Center for Worship, you can grow your skills in an environment that includes rehearsal rooms, Mac labs, and a $2.2 million recording studio designed to prepare you for real-world worship settings.
Gain Real-World Experience in a Professional Setting
As a student, you’ll have opportunities to use industry-standard technology and facilities that mirror the environments used by professionals. Through Liberty Music Group (LMG), our in-house publishing company, you can experience the full creative process- – from songwriting to production and publication.
Legacy of Excellence
Many of our graduates have gone on to build careers as Christian artists and songwriters, thanks to the training and mentorship they received here. When you study at Liberty, you join a community with a strong tradition of creativity, faith, and musical excellence.
Earn a Degree That Stands Out
At Liberty, you can take pride in earning your degree from an award-winning School of Music. Because our music programs are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), your degree carries national recognition that can strengthen your credibility in churches, ministries, and performance venues across the country.
Tuition & Aid
How Much Does it Cost to Attend Liberty On Campus?
Knowing up-front what you’re paying for and why can go a long way toward making you feel comfortable about your investment. This overview of major college costs can give you an idea of what’s coming so you can create an accurate budget from the start.
All Tuition & Aid
| Per Credit Hour | $560 |
#4 Best College Campus in America
At Liberty, you’ll find an affordable, high-quality education designed to help equip students like you for the real world. Our commitment to excellence has earned us recognition as the #4 Best College Campus in America by Niche.com.
Earning your degree from a nonprofit university with state-of-the-art resources like ours can help set you apart from your peers.
Specializations
Master’s Degree in Worship Studies Specializations
Our Master’s Degree in Worship Studies offers specializations designed to align with your calling and interests in ministry. Whether you’re passionate about leadership, pastoral counseling, ethnomusicology, or worship techniques, each specialization allows you to explore focused areas that can deepen your impact in worship ministry. These specializations provide additional training to help you grow both spiritually and professionally in the context of church and ministry leadership.
Specializations
Ethnomusicology
Leadership
Worship Techniques
Admissions
How Do You Become an MA in Worship Studies Student?
Every application is reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and all applicants must submit the following documents and meet the minimum requirements for admission:
- Admission application
- Official transcripts showing a regionally or nationally accredited bachelor’s degree with at least a 3.0 GPA for admission in good standing
- Self-certification form (for students who are in the final term of their bachelor’s degree)
- Current Liberty undergraduate students seeking preliminary acceptance into a graduate program must complete a degree completion application through their ASIST account
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