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2025 Best Music Schools in Maryland

5 Colleges in Maryland
454 Music Degrees Awarded
$29,590 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in music, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #43 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 5 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of music. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 454 degrees in music annually.

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Choosing a Great Music School

Best Music Schools in Maryland Your choice of 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 music 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.

Music Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Music
Master's Degrees in Music
Doctor's Degrees in Music

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 Music Schools in Maryland list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Music in Maryland

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

Top Maryland Schools in Music

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
215 Music Degrees Awarded
18.1% Growth in Graduates

Johns Hopkins University is a good option for students interested in a degree in music. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.

There were about 215.00000000000003 music students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the music program state that they receive average early career wages of $26,680.

More information about a degree in music from Johns Hopkins University

2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
99 Music Degrees Awarded
26.3% Growth in Graduates

Any student who is interested in music has to look into University of Maryland - College Park. UMCP is a very large public university located in the large suburb of College Park. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.

There were approximately 99 music students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the music major at University of Maryland - College Park earn $11,424 above the average college grad in this field shortly after graduation.

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Masters Degree Type
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Towson University
Towson, MD
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
49 Music Degrees Awarded
30.6% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in music has to take a look at Towson University. Located in the small city of Towson, Towson is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 35 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.

There were approximately 49 music students who graduated with this degree at Towson in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the music program report average early career income of $19,618.

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4
Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type
7.7% Growth in Graduates
$23,991 Median Starting Salary

University of Maryland - Baltimore County is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in music. Located in the suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 35 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.

There were approximately 26 music students who graduated with this degree at UMBC in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the music program report average early career earnings of $23,991.

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5
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In MD

Morgan State is a medium-sized public university located in the large city of Baltimore. This university ranks 33rd out of 35 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.

There were about 7 music students who graduated with this degree at Morgan State in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Music Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Music Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 334 900
New York 333 2,227
New Jersey 273 586
District of Columbia 188 117
Delaware 175 43

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Music is one of 10 different types of Visual & Performing Arts programs to choose from.

Music Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Music Performance 237
General Music 155
Music Technology 22
Music Theory & Composition 20
Music Pedagogy 7
Other Music 6
Jazz Studies 3
Music History 2
Musicology & Ethnomusicology 2

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Majors Similar to Music

Related Major Annual Graduates
Design & Applied Arts 683
Fine & Studio Arts 648
Drama & Theater Arts 159
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 85
General Visual & Performing Arts 82
Dance 56
Other Visual Art 24
Arts & Media Management 4

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