4
Colleges in New York
56
Associate Degrees
Music Performance is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #257 most popular associate degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for music performance students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 56 associate degrees in music performance during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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The music performance associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality music performance program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to music performance students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other music performance students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized music performance related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for music performance students working on their associate degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Music Performance Associate Degree Schools in New York list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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