Conducting isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #878 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for conducting students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 27 degrees in conducting to qualified students.
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The conducting program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Conducting rankings. We derive our Best Overall Conducting School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Conducting Schools in Michigan ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of conducting degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a good choice for students interested in a degree in conducting. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were about 11 conducting students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available.
Michigan State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in conducting. Michigan State is a very large public university located in the small city of East Lansing. This university ranks 2nd out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 10 conducting students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.
Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
Every student pursuing a degree in conducting has to look into Oakland University. Located in the suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 1 conducting students who graduated with this degree at Oakland in the most recent data year.
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).
The conducting program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Conducting rankings. We derive our Best Overall Conducting School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
