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2025 Best Music Pedagogy Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

4 Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
28 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.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Music Pedagogy Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 28 degrees in music pedagogy annually.

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Choosing a Great Music Pedagogy School

Best Music Pedagogy Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region 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

Bachelor's Degrees in Music Pedagogy
Master's Degrees in Music Pedagogy

The music pedagogy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Music Pedagogy Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Music Pedagogy 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 music pedagogy degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Music Pedagogy

1
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In PA

Any student pursuing a degree in music pedagogy has to check out Carnegie Mellon University. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Pittsburgh. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,152 schools 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 data year.

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Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NY
50.0% Growth in Graduates

Ithaca College is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in music pedagogy. Located in the suburb of Ithaca, Ithaca is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #203 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Ithaca is a great college overall.

There were about 6 music pedagogy students who graduated with this degree at Ithaca in the most recent year we have data available.

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Masters Degree Type
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Rider University
Lawrenceville, NJ
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NJ
37.5% Growth in Graduates

It's difficult to beat Rider University if you wish to pursue a degree in music pedagogy. Located in the suburb of Lawrenceville, Rider is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 11th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.

There were roughly 8 music pedagogy students who graduated with this degree at Rider in the most recent year we have data available.

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4
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MD

Any student pursuing a degree in music pedagogy needs to look into University of Maryland - Baltimore County. UMBC is a large public university located in the large suburb of Baltimore. This university ranks 6th out of 35 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.

There were approximately 4 music pedagogy students who graduated with this degree at UMBC in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in music pedagogy from University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Best Music Pedagogy Colleges by State

Explore the best music pedagogy colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
New York 1,026 3
Pennsylvania 978 6
Maryland 618 4
New Jersey 614 5
District of Columbia 441 7

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Music Pedagogy is one of 17 different types of Music programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Music 1,508
Music Performance 1,474
Voice Performance 252
Music Theory & Composition 240
Music Technology 213
Stringed Instruments 203
Jazz Studies 202
Keyboard Instruments 180
Other Music 131
Music History 89

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