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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in Wisconsin to determine which ones were the best for music education students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 100 degrees in music education annually.
Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
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. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Music Education Schools in Wisconsin ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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.
Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
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.
Every student who is interested in music education needs to check out University of Wisconsin - Madison. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were roughly 8 music education students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in music education needs to check out University of Wisconsin - River Falls. Located in the town of River Falls, UW - River Falls is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 26th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were roughly 6 music education students who graduated with this degree at UW - River Falls in the most recent data year.
Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
Saint Norbert College is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in music education. SNC is a small private not-for-profit college located in the midsize suburb of De Pere. This college ranks 31st out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 13 music education students who graduated with this degree at SNC in the most recent data year.
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh is a great option for students interested in a degree in music education. Located in the city of Oshkosh, UW Oshkosh is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 34th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were roughly 7 music education students who graduated with this degree at UW Oshkosh in the most recent data year.
Located in the distant town of Stevens Point, UW - Stevens Point is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 35th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 31 music education students who graduated with this degree at UW - Stevens Point in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Mequon, Concordia University, Wisconsin is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #539 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Concordia University, Wisconsin is a great university overall.
There were approximately 1 music education students who graduated with this degree at Concordia University, Wisconsin in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Kenosha, Carthage is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 37th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were roughly 6 music education students who graduated with this degree at Carthage in the most recent data year.
Carroll U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Waukesha. A Best Colleges rank of #525 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Carroll U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 1 music education students who graduated with this degree at Carroll U in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #673 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UWM is a great university overall.
There were about 7 music education students who graduated with this degree at UWM 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. 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.
