2025 Best Music Education Schools in South Carolina
7Colleges in South Carolina
102Music Teacher Education Degrees Awarded
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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in South Carolina 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 102 degrees in music education annually.
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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.
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 South Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Music Education in South Carolina
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.
Top South Carolina Schools in Music Teacher Education
Every student who is interested in music education needs to check out University of South Carolina - Columbia. UofSC is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #99 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UofSC is a great university overall.
There were about 6 music education students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat North Greenville University if you wish to pursue a degree in music education. Located in the rural area of Tigerville, North Greenville is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were approximately 10 music education students who graduated with this degree at North Greenville 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.
Winthrop University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in music education. Located in the city of Rock Hill, Winthrop is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 13th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were about 8 music education students who graduated with this degree at Winthrop in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in music education needs to check out Anderson University South Carolina. Anderson University South Carolina is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Anderson. A Best Colleges rank of #936 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Anderson University South Carolina is a great university overall.
There were approximately 22 music education students who graduated with this degree at Anderson University South Carolina in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Conway, Coastal Carolina University is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1142 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Coastal Carolina University is a great university overall.
There were about 5 music education students who graduated with this degree at Coastal Carolina University in the most recent data year.
Bob Jones University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Greenville. This university ranks 21st out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were roughly 11 music education students who graduated with this degree at Bob Jones University in the most recent data year.
CSU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Charleston. This university ranks 26th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were about 8 music education students who graduated with this degree at CSU in the most recent data year.
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.
