If you pursue a degree in music performance, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #116 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Music Performance Schools in Indiana ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 338 degrees in music performance to qualified students.
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Your choice of music performance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Music Performance 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Music Performance Schools in Indiana ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the music performance degree levels they offer.
Indiana University - Bloomington is a great option for students interested in a degree in music performance. IU Bloomington is a very large public university located in the small city of Bloomington. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.
There were about 293 music performance students who graduated with this degree at IU Bloomington in the most recent year we have data available.
Butler University is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in music performance. Butler is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Indianapolis. This university ranks 10th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were approximately 7 music performance students who graduated with this degree at Butler in the most recent year we have data available.
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Ball State University is a good option for students interested in a degree in music performance. Ball State is a very large public university located in the city of Muncie. A Best Colleges rank of #181 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Ball State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 11 music performance students who graduated with this degree at Ball State in the most recent data year.
DePauw University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in music performance. DePauw is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Greencastle. This university ranks 11th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were about 11 music performance students who graduated with this degree at DePauw in the most recent year we have data available.
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).