General Music is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #73 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Music Schools in Louisiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 102 degrees in general music annually.
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The general music program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Music rankings. We derive our Best Overall General 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.
The general 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 General Music Schools in Louisiana.
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.
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general music degree levels they offer.
It's difficult to beat Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College if you wish to pursue a degree in general music. Located in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #357 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Louisiana State University is a great university overall.
There were about 18 general music students who graduated with this degree at Louisiana State University in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general music. Located in the midsize city of Lafayette, UL Lafayette is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 30 colleges for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were roughly 21 general music students who graduated with this degree at UL Lafayette 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.
Nicholls State University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in general music. Nicholls State University is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Thibodaux. This university ranks 19th out of 30 schools for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were approximately 10 general music students who graduated with this degree at Nicholls State University in the most recent year we have data available.
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 general music program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Music rankings. We derive our Best Overall General Music School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
