2025 Best Music Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region
7Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
173Music Management Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in music management, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #312 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Music Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 173 degrees in music management to qualified students.
Your choice of music management school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Music Management School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that 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.
The music management school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Music Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region.
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Best Schools for Music Management in the Great Lakes Region
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 management degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Music Management
Columbia College Chicago is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in music management. Columbia is a medium-sized private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #212 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great college overall.
There were roughly 49 music management students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Butler University if you want to pursue a degree in music management. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, Butler is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 10th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were approximately 11 music management students who graduated with this degree at Butler in the most recent data year.
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It is difficult to beat Ohio University - Athens Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in music management. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #184 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means OHIO Athens is a great university overall.
There were approximately 27 music management students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent data year.
DePaul University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in music management. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #135 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means DePaul is a great university overall.
There were about 2 music management students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Elmhurst, Elmhurst is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 28th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 5 music management students who graduated with this degree at Elmhurst in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 8 music management students who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent data year.
Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago. This university ranks 24th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 12 music management students who graduated with this degree at Roosevelt 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 management school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Music Management School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
