If you pursue a degree in general music, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #73 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 9 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general music. Combined, these schools handed out 368 degrees in general music to qualified students.
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Your choice of general music school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general music schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Music Schools in Tennessee ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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 general music degrees they offer, see the list below.
Vanderbilt University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general music. Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were about 6 general music students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat The University of Tennessee - Knoxville if you want to pursue a degree in general music. UT Knoxville is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Knoxville. A Best Colleges rank of #226 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UT Knoxville is a great university overall.
There were approximately 78 general music students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville 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 who is interested in general music has to look into Middle Tennessee State University. Located in the city of Murfreesboro, Middle Tennessee State University is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 18th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 63 general music students who graduated with this degree at Middle Tennessee State University in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Memphis is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general music. Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #807 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UofM is a great university overall.
There were about 65 general music students who graduated with this degree at UofM in the most recent data year.
Lee University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Cleveland. This university ranks 17th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 11 general music students who graduated with this degree at Lee University in the most recent year we have data available.
Tennessee Tech University is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of Cookeville. This university ranks 19th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 18 general music students who graduated with this degree at Tennessee Tech University in the most recent data year.
Located in the remote town of Martin, UT Martin is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 32nd out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were about 11 general music students who graduated with this degree at UT Martin in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized city of Clarksville, Austin Peay State University is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 25th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 24 general music students who graduated with this degree at Austin Peay State University in the most recent data year.
ETSU is a large public university located in the small city of Johnson City. A Best Colleges rank of #802 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means ETSU is a great university overall.
There were about 22 general music students who graduated with this degree at ETSU 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 general music school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general music schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
