2025 Best Music Education Schools in the Far Western US Region
7Colleges in the Far Western US Region
259Music Teacher Education Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in music education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #151 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 7 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of music education. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 259 degrees in music education annually.
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Your choice of music education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Music Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Music Education in the Far Western US Region
The schools below may not offer all types of music teacher education degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Music Teacher Education
Any student who is interested in music education has to take a look at Central Washington University. CWU is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Ellensburg. This university ranks 6th out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 88 music education students who graduated with this degree at CWU in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat University of Washington - Seattle Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in music education. UW Seattle is a fairly large public university located in the city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were about 10 music education students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent data year.
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It is hard to beat Western Washington University if you wish to pursue a degree in music education. Located in the city of Bellingham, WWU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #287 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WWU is a great university overall.
There were about 14 music education students who graduated with this degree at WWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Eastern Washington University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in music education. EWU is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Cheney. This university ranks 16th out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 8 music education students who graduated with this degree at EWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Reno, UNR is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 8 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nevada.
There were about 11 music education students who graduated with this degree at UNR in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized city of Eugene, UO is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #167 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UO is a great university overall.
There were approximately 16 music education students who graduated with this degree at UO in the most recent year we have data available.
Cal Baptist is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Riverside. This university ranks 66th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 11 music education students who graduated with this degree at Cal Baptist in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of music education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Music Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
