2025 Best Other Music Schools in the Great Lakes Region
9Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
148Other Music Degrees Awarded
A degree in other music is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #407 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for other music students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 148 degrees in other music annually.
Your choice of other music school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Other Music School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that 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 picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Other Music Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Other Music in the Great Lakes Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the other music degree levels they offer.
Indiana University - Bloomington is a great option for students pursuing a degree in other music. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.
There were approximately 28 other music students who graduated with this degree at IU Bloomington in the most recent data year.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in other music. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Champaign. A Best Colleges rank of #41 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were about 5 other music students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
Oberlin College is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in other music. Oberlin is a small private not-for-profit college located in the fringe town of Oberlin. This college ranks 17th out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 19 other music students who graduated with this degree at Oberlin in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in other music has to take a look at DePaul University. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #135 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means DePaul is a great university overall.
There were about 7 other music students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Wheaton, Wheaton College Illinois is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 13th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 10 other music students who graduated with this degree at Wheaton College Illinois in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Indianapolis, Butler is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 10th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were about 3 other music students who graduated with this degree at Butler in the most recent data year.
Capital is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Columbus. This university ranks 50th out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 15 other music students who graduated with this degree at Capital in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #181 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Ball State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 2 other music students who graduated with this degree at Ball State in the most recent data year.
Columbia is a medium-sized private not-for-profit college located in the city of Chicago. This college ranks 9th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 15 other music students who graduated with this degree at Columbia 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 other music school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Other Music School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
