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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in Alabama to determine which ones were the best for music students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 310 degrees in music to qualified students.
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The music program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Music rankings. 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.
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.
The music 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 Music Schools in Alabama.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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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.
Auburn University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in music. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #169 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Auburn is a great university overall.
There were approximately 16 music students who graduated with this degree at Auburn in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in music has to check out The University of Alabama. Located in the midsize city of Tuscaloosa, UA is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #180 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UA is a great university overall.
There were roughly 58 music students who graduated with this degree at UA 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.
Jacksonville State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in music. Jacksonville State University is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of Jacksonville. This university ranks 25th out of 42 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were roughly 53 music students who graduated with this degree at Jacksonville State University in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the music degree program at Jacksonville State University earn $3,303 above the standard college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
Any student who is interested in music needs to look into University of Alabama at Birmingham. UAB is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Birmingham. A Best Colleges rank of #299 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UAB is a great university overall.
There were about 11 music students who graduated with this degree at UAB in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Troy, TROY is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 24th out of 42 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were about 32 music students who graduated with this degree at TROY in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Florence, UNA is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 22nd out of 42 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were roughly 13 music students who graduated with this degree at UNA in the most recent year we have data available. Music degree recipients from University of North Alabama get an earnings boost of about $6,009 over the average earnings of music majors.
Located in the medium-sized city of Mobile, USA is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 42 schools for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were roughly 19 music students who graduated with this degree at USA in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the music program earn around $27,050 for their early career.
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 music program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Music rankings. 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.
