2024 Best Music Pedagogy Schools
31
Colleges in the United States
308
Music Pedagogy Degrees Awarded
Music Pedagogy isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #710 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 31 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for music pedagogy students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 308 degrees in music pedagogy during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Music Pedagogy School
Your choice of music pedagogy 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 pedagogy schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each 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.
Music Pedagogy Rankings by Degree Level
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 Pedagogy Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Music Pedagogy in the United States
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 music pedagogy degrees they offer, see the list below.
10 Top Schools in Music Pedagogy
Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In MI
41
Music Pedagogy Degrees Awarded
Michigan State University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in music pedagogy. Michigan State is a fairly large public university located in the city of East Lansing. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 41 music pedagogy students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in music pedagogy from Michigan State University
Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
2nd
Most Popular In CA
Every student pursuing a degree in music pedagogy has to look into University of Southern California. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 1 music pedagogy students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in music pedagogy from University of Southern California
Any student who is interested in music pedagogy needs to check out Carnegie Mellon University. Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Pittsburgh. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Carnegie Mellon is a great university overall.
There were about 3 music pedagogy students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent year we have data available.
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Every student pursuing a degree in music pedagogy needs to look into Southern Methodist University. SMU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Dallas. A Best Colleges rank of #73 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means SMU is a great university overall.More information about a degree in music pedagogy from Southern Methodist University
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In FL
University of Miami is a good decision for students interested in a degree in music pedagogy. U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Coral Gables. A Best Colleges rank of #91 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means U Miami is a great university overall.
There were roughly 2 music pedagogy students who graduated with this degree at U Miami in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in music pedagogy from University of Miami
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
3rd
Most Popular In MA
Located in the city of Boston, The New England Conservatory of Music is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
There were approximately 4 music pedagogy students who graduated with this degree at The New England Conservatory of Music in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in music pedagogy from The New England Conservatory of Music
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In PA
Temple is a very large public university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #147 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Temple is a great university overall.
There were roughly 3 music pedagogy students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in music pedagogy from Temple University
Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In DC
CUA is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. This university ranks 5th out of 8 colleges for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.
There were about 7 music pedagogy students who graduated with this degree at CUA in the most recent year we have data available.
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Berklee College of Music is a medium-sized private not-for-profit college located in the city of Boston.
There were approximately 7 music pedagogy students who graduated with this degree at Berklee College of Music in the most recent data year.
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Located in the large suburb of Wheaton, Wheaton College Illinois is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #257 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Wheaton College Illinois is a great college overall.
There were approximately 12 music pedagogy students who graduated with this degree at Wheaton College Illinois in the most recent data year.
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