2025 Best Music Therapy Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
9Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
168Music Therapy Degrees Awarded
Music Therapy is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #519 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 9 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Music Therapy Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 168 degrees in music therapy to qualified students.
Your choice of music therapy 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 therapy 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.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Music Therapy Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Music Therapy in the Middle Atlantic Region
The schools below may not offer all types of music therapy degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Music Therapy
Duquesne University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in music therapy. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Duquesne is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #196 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Duquesne is a great university overall.
There were approximately 4 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at Duquesne in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in music therapy needs to take a look at Temple University. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #97 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Temple is a great university overall.
There were approximately 28 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in music therapy needs to check out Drexel University. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #115 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Drexel is a great university overall.
There were about 11 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania if you wish to pursue a degree in music therapy. SRU is a moderately-sized public university located in the distant town of Slippery Rock. This university ranks 37th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 16 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at SRU in the most recent data year.
Nazareth is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Rochester. This college ranks 88th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 14 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at Nazareth in the most recent data year.
Montclair State is a very large public university located in the suburb of Montclair. A Best Colleges rank of #290 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Montclair State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 15 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at Montclair State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Scranton, Marywood is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 69th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 9 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at Marywood in the most recent year we have data available.
SUNY Fredonia is a small public school located in the distant town of Fredonia. This school ranks 98th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 11 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Fredonia in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Immaculata, Immaculata is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 60th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 16 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at Immaculata 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).
Your choice of music therapy 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 therapy schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
