2025 Best Music Therapy Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in music therapy, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #360 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 looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Music Therapy Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 37 bachelor's degrees in music therapy during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to music therapy students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of music therapy students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized music therapy related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for music therapy students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Music Therapy Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Music Therapy in the Southwest Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in music therapy.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Music Therapy

1

University of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio, TX

9 Annual Graduates

University of the Incarnate Word is a great option for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in music therapy. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UIW is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in music therapy from University of the Incarnate Word

2

Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX

16 Annual Graduates

Sam Houston State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in music therapy. Located in the distant town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in music therapy from Sam Houston State University

Best Music Therapy Colleges by State

Explore the best music therapy schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	572	53
Oklahoma	377	2
Arizona	356	13

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Music Therapy Related Rankings by Major

One of 16 majors within the Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions area of study, Music Therapy has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Music Therapy

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Rehabilitation Science	366
Physical Therapy/Therapist	20
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy	3
Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	3

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver. More about our data sources and methodologies.