2025 Best Music History Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
7Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
89Music History Degrees Awarded
Music History isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #840 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual reviewed 7 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of music history. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 89 degrees in music history annually.
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The music history program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Music History rankings. We derive our Best Overall Music History School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 History Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
Best Schools for Music History in the Middle Atlantic Region
The schools below may not offer all types of music history degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Music History
Johns Hopkins University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in music history. 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 2 music history students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent data year.
The New School is a great option for students interested in a degree in music history. New School University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York. This school ranks 22nd out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 20 music history students who graduated with this degree at New School University 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.
Every student pursuing a degree in music history has to check out Syracuse University. Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Syracuse. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Syracuse is a great university overall.
There were roughly 3 music history students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Temple University if you wish to pursue a degree in music history. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #97 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Temple is a great university overall.
There were approximately 2 music history students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent data year.
Rider is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Lawrenceville. This university ranks 11th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 3 music history students who graduated with this degree at Rider in the most recent data year.
Skidmore is a small private not-for-profit college located in the small suburb of Saratoga Springs. This college ranks 39th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 13 music history students who graduated with this degree at Skidmore in the most recent data year.
SUNY Potsdam is a small public school located in the town of Potsdam. This school ranks 85th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 11 music history students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Potsdam 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).
The music history program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Music History rankings. We derive our Best Overall Music History School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
