2025 Best Music Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Georgia

Ranked #104 in popularity, music education is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Music Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Georgia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 82 bachelor's degrees in music education during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Music Education School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of music education for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality music teacher education program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to music education students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other music education students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized music education related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Music Education Schools

The music teacher education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Music Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Georgia.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

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

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in music education.

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

1

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in music education needs to look into University of Georgia. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in music education from University of Georgia

2

Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA

19 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Kennesaw State University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in music education. Located in the suburb of Kennesaw, KSU Georgia is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in music education from Kennesaw State University

3

Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA

10 Annual Graduates

Georgia Southern University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in music education. Located in the distant town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in music education from Georgia Southern University

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
Virginia	421	29
South Carolina	370	66
Kentucky	331	43
Alabama	320	27
Louisiana	306	44
Arkansas	294	61
Mississippi	275	103
West Virginia	223	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Music Teacher Education

Music Education is one of 37 different types of Teacher Education Subject Specific programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Music Teacher Education

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching	158
Agricultural Teacher Education	55
English & Language Arts Education	53
History Education	51
Art Education	31
Social Studies Education	26
Mathematics Education	16
Trade & Industrial Teacher Education	16
Drama & Dance Education	8
Modern Language Education	5

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.