2025 Best Jazz Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
9Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
202Jazz Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in jazz studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #544 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for jazz studies students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 202 degrees in jazz studies annually.
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Your choice of jazz studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Jazz Studies 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.
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Best Schools for Jazz Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region
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 jazz degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student who is interested in jazz studies has to look into University of Rochester. University of Rochester is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Rochester. A Best Colleges rank of #82 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University of Rochester is a great university overall.
There were about 14 jazz studies students who graduated with this degree at University of Rochester in the most recent data year.
The Juilliard School is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in jazz studies. Located in the large city of New York, Juilliard is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
There were roughly 10 jazz studies students who graduated with this degree at Juilliard in the most recent year we have data available.
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The New School is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in jazz studies. Located in the large city of New York, New School University is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #197 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means New School University is a great school overall.
There were roughly 50 jazz studies students who graduated with this degree at New School University in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in jazz studies has to look into Temple University. Temple is a fairly large public university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #97 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Temple is a great university overall.
There were roughly 24 jazz studies students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Purchase, Purchase College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 53rd out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 13 jazz studies students who graduated with this degree at Purchase College in the most recent data year.
UMBC is a large public university located in the suburb of Baltimore. This university ranks 6th out of 35 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were approximately 3 jazz studies students who graduated with this degree at UMBC in the most recent data year.
QC is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Queens. This college ranks 52nd out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 15 jazz studies students who graduated with this degree at QC in the most recent data year.
CCNY is a fairly large public college located in the large city of New York. This college ranks 65th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 18 jazz studies students who graduated with this degree at CCNY 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).
Your choice of jazz studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Jazz Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
