2025 Best Other Music Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
7Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
131Other Music Degrees Awarded
Other Music is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #407 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.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Other Music Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 131 degrees in other music to qualified students.
The other music program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Other Music rankings. We derive our Best Overall Other Music 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.
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Best Schools for Other Music in the Middle Atlantic Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the other music degrees they offer, see the list below.
New York University is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in other music. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 38 other music students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in other music needs to look into Johns Hopkins University. 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 colleges nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were roughly 5 other music students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent data year.
The Juilliard School is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in other music. Juilliard is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
There were approximately 8 other music students who graduated with this degree at Juilliard in the most recent data year.
University of Delaware is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in other music. UD is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Newark. A Best Colleges rank of #96 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UD is a great university overall.
There were approximately 1 other music students who graduated with this degree at UD in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Duquesne is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 12th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 10 other music students who graduated with this degree at Duquesne in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Randolph, County College of Morris is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 29th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 16 other music students who graduated with this degree at County College of Morris in the most recent data year.
Mercy is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Dobbs Ferry. This college ranks 86th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 25 other music students who graduated with this degree at Mercy 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).