2025 Best Music Therapy Schools in Pennsylvania
6
Colleges in Pennsylvania
97
Music Therapy Degrees Awarded
A degree in
music therapy is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #519 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. 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 6 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for music therapy students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 97 degrees in music therapy annually.
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Choosing a Great Music Therapy School
Your choice of music therapy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Music Therapy 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.
Music Therapy Rankings by Degree Level
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 Pennsylvania list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.
Best Schools for Music Therapy in Pennsylvania
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the music therapy degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Pennsylvania Schools in Music Therapy
Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
6th
Most Popular In PA
Every student who is interested in music therapy needs to check out Duquesne University. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Duquesne is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #196 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Duquesne is a great university overall.
There were roughly 4 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at Duquesne in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in music therapy from Duquesne University
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In PA
Temple University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in music therapy. Located in the 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 roughly 28 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in music therapy from Temple University
Drexel University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in music therapy. Located in the 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 approximately 11 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in music therapy from Drexel University
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania is a good option for students pursuing 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 about 16 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at SRU in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in music therapy from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Located in the 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.
More information about a degree in music therapy from Marywood University
