2025 Best Jazz Studies Schools in the Southeast Region
3Colleges in the Southeast Region
70Jazz Degrees Awarded
A degree in jazz studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #544 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Jazz Studies Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 70 degrees in jazz studies to qualified students.
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Your choice of jazz studies 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 jazz studies 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Jazz Studies Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Jazz Studies in the Southeast Region
The schools below may not offer all types of jazz degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in jazz studies has to take a look at University of Miami. Located in the suburb of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #175 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U Miami is a great university overall.
There were approximately 25 jazz studies students who graduated with this degree at U Miami in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat University of North Florida if you wish to pursue a degree in jazz studies. UNF is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Jacksonville. This university ranks 26th out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were approximately 7 jazz studies students who graduated with this degree at UNF 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.
It's difficult to beat University of North Carolina at Asheville if you want to pursue a degree in jazz studies. UNCA is a small public university located in the small city of Asheville. This university ranks 61st out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 6 jazz studies students who graduated with this degree at UNCA 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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for jazz studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
