A degree in music education is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #151 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Music Education Schools in Washington ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 144 degrees in music education to qualified students.
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The music teacher education program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Music Education rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for music education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in Washington.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the music teacher education degree levels they offer.
It is difficult to beat Central Washington University if you wish to pursue a degree in music education. Located in the town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. 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.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in music education. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population. 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 year we have data available.
Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
Western Washington University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in music education. WWU is a large public university located in the small city of Bellingham. This university ranks 5th out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 14 music education students who graduated with this degree at WWU 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).
The music teacher education program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Music Education rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for music education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
