2025 Best Other Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in Ohio

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in other music, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #287 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Other Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in Ohio ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 41 bachelor's degrees in other music to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to other music students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other other music students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other music related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for other music students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Other Music Schools

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 Other Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in Ohio list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Other Music in Ohio

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in other music.

Top Ohio Schools for a Bachelor's in Other Music

1

Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH

16 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in other music needs to check out Oberlin College. Oberlin is a small private not-for-profit college located in the fringe town of Oberlin.More information about a bachelor’s in other music from Oberlin College

2

Capital University
Columbus, OH

19 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Capital University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in other music. Capital is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Columbus.More information about a bachelor’s in other music from Capital University

Best Other Music Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Other Music Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	6
Illinois	558	19
Indiana	535	37
Wisconsin	435	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Other Music

One of 17 majors within the Music area of study, Other Music has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Other Music

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Music Performance	285
General Music	159
Music Theory & Composition	37
Jazz Studies	28
Music Technology	26
Voice Performance	23
Music Pedagogy	21
Keyboard Instruments	7
Music History	3

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.