2025 Best Brass Instruments Schools in New York

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in brass instruments. It is ranked #1103 out of 1506 major degree programs in terms of popularity. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for brass instruments students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 38 degrees in brass instruments annually.

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Pick Your Brass Instruments Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Brass Instruments Schools in New York list, to help you choose the best school for you. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Brass Instruments in New York

The schools below may not offer all types of brass instruments degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top New York Schools in Brass Instruments

1

The Juilliard School
New York, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

23.5% Growth in Graduates

Any student who is interested in brass instruments needs to check out The Juilliard School. Juilliard is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.More information about a degree in brass instruments from The Juilliard School

2

Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

64.3% Growth in Graduates

Manhattan School of Music is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in brass instruments. Manhattan School of Music is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.More information about a degree in brass instruments from Manhattan School of Music

Best Brass Instruments Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Brass Instruments Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded

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Brass Instruments Related Rankings by Major

Brass Instruments is one of 17 different types of Music programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Brass Instruments

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Music Performance	745
General Music	553
Music Theory & Composition	190
Stringed Instruments	188
Voice Performance	177
Jazz Studies	172
Keyboard Instruments	163
Other Music	80
Music History	70
Music Technology	44

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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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.