2025 Best Music Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alabama

Music Education is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #104 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Alabama to determine which ones were the best for music education students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 33 bachelor's degrees in music education during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on music education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of music education students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized music education related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for music education students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Music Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alabama list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Music Education in Alabama

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for music education students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Alabama Schools for a Bachelor's in Music Teacher Education

1

Auburn University
Auburn, AL

8 Annual Graduates

Auburn University is a great option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in music education. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in music education from Auburn University

2

The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL

17 Annual Graduates

The University of Alabama is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in music education. Located in the midsize city of Tuscaloosa, UA is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in music education from The University of Alabama

Best Music Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Music Education Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	492	183
Tennessee	460	50
North Carolina	453	127
Georgia	453	142
Virginia	421	29
South Carolina	370	66
Kentucky	331	43
Louisiana	306	44
Arkansas	294	61
Mississippi	275	103
West Virginia	223	2

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Music Education Related Rankings by Major

One of 37 majors within the Teacher Education Subject Specific area of study, Music Education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Music Teacher Education

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching	219
Technical Teacher Education	40
Social Science Teacher Education	22
English & Language Arts Education	20
Mathematics Education	13
Science Education	7
History Education	5
Social Studies Education	3
Biology Education	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aparajita Datta. More about our data sources and methodologies.