Music is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #43 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Music Schools in Utah ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 348 degrees in music annually.
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Your choice of music school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Music 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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Music Schools in Utah list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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 music degrees they offer, see the list below.
Brigham Young University - Provo is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in music. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Provo. A Best Colleges rank of #257 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.
There were about 66 music students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent data year. After graduating, music degree recipients usually make around $22,625 in the first five years of their career.
It's difficult to beat University of Utah if you want to pursue a degree in music. U of U is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City. A Best Colleges rank of #213 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U of U is a great university overall.
There were about 69 music students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the music program at University of Utah earn $12,958 more than the typical college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
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 music has to take a look at Southern Utah University. Southern Utah University is a large public university located in the town of Cedar City. This university ranks 9th out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were about 80 music students who graduated with this degree at Southern Utah University in the most recent year we have data available.
Weber State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in music. WSU is a very large public university located in the city of Ogden. A Best Colleges rank of #389 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WSU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 10 music students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were roughly 41 music students who graduated with this degree at UVU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were about 13 music students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent data year. After graduation, music degree recipients typically make around $22,983 at the beginning of their careers.
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 school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Music School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
