Conducting is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #878 out of the 1506 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
There was only one school in New Jersey to review for the 2025 Best Conducting Schools in New Jersey ranking.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Conducting Schools in New Jersey ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
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 conducting degrees they offer, see the list below.
Rider University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in conducting. Located in the suburb of Lawrenceville, Rider is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a degree in conducting from Rider University
Best Conducting Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
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).