If you plan on majoring in music, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #43 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Music Schools in Kentucky ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 303 degrees in music annually.
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The music program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Music rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for music 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.
The music 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 Schools in Kentucky.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
The schools below may not offer all types of music degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Kentucky is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in music. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #220 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UK is a great university overall.
There were approximately 72 music students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent data year. Those music students who get their degree from University of Kentucky earn $11,358 more than the typical music graduate.
Every student pursuing a degree in music needs to take a look at University of Louisville. UofL is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Louisville. A Best Colleges rank of #421 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UofL is a great university overall.
There were approximately 46 music students who graduated with this degree at UofL in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the music program earn around $19,776 in their early career salary.
Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
Every student who is interested in music needs to check out Western Kentucky University. WKU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Bowling Green. This university ranks 6th out of 39 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 38 music students who graduated with this degree at WKU in the most recent year we have data available. Music degree recipients from Western Kentucky University get an earnings boost of about $5,176 above the average earnings of music majors.
Every student pursuing a degree in music has to check out Murray State University. Murray State is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Murray. This university ranks 16th out of 39 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 26 music students who graduated with this degree at Murray State in the most recent year we have data available. Music degree recipients from Murray State University receive an earnings boost of approximately $4,508 above the average earnings of music majors.
Located in the town of Richmond, Eastern is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 12th out of 39 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 34 music students who graduated with this degree at Eastern in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the music program earn around $30,106 for their early career.
Morehead State University is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Morehead. This university ranks 27th out of 39 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were approximately 37 music students who graduated with this degree at Morehead State University in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #842 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NKU is a great university overall.
There were about 8 music students who graduated with this degree at NKU in the most recent data year. Music degree recipients from Northern Kentucky University receive an earnings boost of about $4,838 over the average income of music graduates.
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).
The music program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Music rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for music schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
