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.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Conducting Schools in Texas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 16 degrees in conducting annually.
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Your choice of conducting school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The conducting 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 Conducting Schools in Texas.
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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.
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.
The University of Texas at Austin is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in conducting. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #46 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were approximately 3 conducting students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Southern Methodist University if you wish to pursue a degree in conducting. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 3 conducting students who graduated with this degree at SMU in the most recent year we have data available.
Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
Any student pursuing a degree in conducting has to take a look at Baylor University. Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Waco. This university ranks 6th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 2 conducting students who graduated with this degree at Baylor 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).
Your choice of conducting school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
