2025 Best Music Performance Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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New York University
New York, NY

New York University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in music performance. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.

There were approximately 135 music performance students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.

2

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

It's difficult to beat Carnegie Mellon University if you want to pursue a degree in music performance. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Carnegie Mellon is a great university overall.

There were approximately 62 music performance students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent data year.

3

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in music performance. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.

There were about 175 music performance students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent year we have data available.

4

University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

It's hard to beat University of Rochester if you want to pursue a degree in music performance. Located in the medium-sized city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #82 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means University of Rochester is a great university overall.

There were roughly 172 music performance students who graduated with this degree at University of Rochester in the most recent data year.

5

Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY

Ithaca is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Ithaca. This college ranks 23rd out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were approximately 26 music performance students who graduated with this degree at Ithaca in the most recent data year.

6

Catholic University of America
Washington, DC

Located in the large city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 4th out of 7 colleges for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.

There were approximately 11 music performance students who graduated with this degree at CUA in the most recent data year.

7

Messiah University
Mechanicsburg, PA

Messiah is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Mechanicsburg. This university ranks 40th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.

There were about 40 music performance students who graduated with this degree at Messiah in the most recent year we have data available.

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The New School
New York, NY

New School University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York. This school ranks 22nd out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were roughly 50 music performance students who graduated with this degree at New School University in the most recent year we have data available.

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Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Syracuse. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Syracuse is a great university overall.

There were approximately 2 music performance students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent year we have data available.

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Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #97 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Temple is a great university overall.

There were about 44 music performance students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent data year.