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2025 Best Music Education Schools in Kansas

6 Colleges in Kansas
116 Music 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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Music Education Schools in Kansas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 116 degrees in music education annually.

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Choosing a Great Music Education School

Best Music Education Schools in Kansas Your choice of music education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.

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.

Pick Your Music Education Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Music Teacher Education
Bachelor's Degrees in Music Teacher Education
Master's Degrees in Music Teacher Education
Doctor's Degrees in Music Teacher Education

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 Kansas ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Music Education in Kansas

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 Kansas Schools in Music Teacher Education

1
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In KS

Emporia State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in music education. Located in the remote town of Emporia, ESU is a public university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1032 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means ESU is a great university overall.

There were about 5 music education students who graduated with this degree at ESU in the most recent data year.

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2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In KS
36.4% Growth in Graduates

Pittsburg State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in music education. Pitt State is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Pittsburg. This university ranks 12th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.

There were roughly 11 music education students who graduated with this degree at Pitt State in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in music education from Pittsburg State University

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Masters Degree Type
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3
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In KS

Kansas State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in music education. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #269 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means K -State is a great university overall.

There were approximately 13 music education students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent data year.

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University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In KS

University of Kansas is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in music education. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #192 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means KU is a great university overall.

There were roughly 26 music education students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent year we have data available.

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5
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In KS
9.1% Growth in Graduates

Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 15th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.

There were roughly 22 music education students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent year we have data available.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In KS

Washburn University is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Topeka. This university ranks 14th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.

There were roughly 5 music education students who graduated with this degree at Washburn University in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Music Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Music Education Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 742 99
Missouri 693 146
Iowa 648 99
Nebraska 500 38
North Dakota 416 14
South Dakota 381 56

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One of 37 majors within the Teacher Education Subject Specific area of study, Music Education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching 342
English & Language Arts Education 40
History Education 39
Art Education 38
Mathematics Education 37
Technology Education 29
Agricultural Teacher Education 26
Social Studies Education 17
Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education 13
Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas 13

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