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2025 Best Keyboard Instruments Schools

45 Colleges in the United States
476 Keyboard Instruments Degrees Awarded
Keyboard Instruments is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #590 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.

College Factual reviewed 45 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of keyboard instruments. Combined, these schools handed out 476 degrees in keyboard instruments to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Keyboard Instruments School

Best Keyboard Instruments Schools Your choice of keyboard instruments 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 keyboard instruments schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Keyboard Instruments Rankings by Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Keyboard Instruments
Bachelor's Degrees in Keyboard Instruments
Master's Degrees in Keyboard Instruments
Doctor's Degrees in Keyboard Instruments

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Keyboard Instruments Schools list to help you make the college decision. 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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If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.

Best Schools for Keyboard Instruments in the United States

The schools below may not offer all types of keyboard instruments degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

10 Top Schools in Keyboard Instruments

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IL
16.7% Growth in Graduates

Northwestern University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in keyboard instruments. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.

There were roughly 12 keyboard instruments students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.

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2
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MI

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in keyboard instruments. U-M is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.

There were approximately 4 keyboard instruments students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year.

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In TN

Vanderbilt University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in keyboard instruments. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.

There were approximately 2 keyboard instruments students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.

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4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In CA

Any student pursuing a degree in keyboard instruments has to take a look at University of Southern California. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.

There were roughly 21 keyboard instruments students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available.

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MI

Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.

There were approximately 2 keyboard instruments students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.

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6
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In NY

Located in the city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #82 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University of Rochester is a great university overall.

There were approximately 1 keyboard instruments students who graduated with this degree at University of Rochester in the most recent data year.

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Boston University
Boston, MA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In MA
33.3% Growth in Graduates

Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.

There were roughly 3 keyboard instruments students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available.

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The Juilliard School
New York, NY
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In NY
49 Keyboard Instruments Degrees Awarded

Juilliard is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

There were approximately 49 keyboard instruments students who graduated with this degree at Juilliard in the most recent year we have data available.

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9
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In TX

Located in the city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.

There were about 5 keyboard instruments students who graduated with this degree at TCU in the most recent data year.

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University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In FL
57.7% Growth in Graduates

U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Coral Gables. This university ranks 6th out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.

There were approximately 26 keyboard instruments students who graduated with this degree at U Miami in the most recent data year.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for Keyboard Instruments students that almost earned our Best Keyboard Instruments Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 Catholic University of America Washington, DC
12 The New School New York, NY
13 San Francisco Conservatory of Music San Francisco, CA
14 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
15 Manhattan School of Music New York, NY

Keyboard Instruments by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Keyboard Instruments is one of 17 different types of Music programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Music 11,168
Music Performance 7,281
Music Technology 1,673
Music Theory & Composition 1,194
Other Music 1,127
Voice Performance 668
Stringed Instruments 553
Jazz Studies 519
Music Pedagogy 377
Music History 197

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