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2025 Best Music Performance Schools in Texas

10 Colleges in Texas
411 Music Performance Degrees Awarded
Ranked #116 in popularity, music performance is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 10 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of music performance. Combined, these schools handed out 411 degrees in music performance to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Music Performance School

Best Music Performance Schools in Texas Your choice of music performance 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 performance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your Music Performance Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Music Performance
Master's Degrees in Music Performance
Doctor's Degrees in Music Performance

The music performance 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 Performance Schools in Texas. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Music Performance in Texas

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 performance degrees they offer, see the list below.

10 Top Texas Schools in Music Performance

1
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In TX

Texas Christian University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in music performance. Located in the city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #112 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means TCU is a great university overall.

There were approximately 15 music performance students who graduated with this degree at TCU in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in music performance from Texas Christian University

2
Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In TX
12.0% Growth in Graduates

The University of Texas at Austin is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in music performance. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #46 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.

There were about 25 music performance students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in music performance from The University of Texas at Austin

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3
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In TX
33 Music Performance Degrees Awarded

Any student who is interested in music performance needs to look into Southern Methodist University. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #142 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means SMU is a great university overall.

There were roughly 33 music performance students who graduated with this degree at SMU in the most recent data year.

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4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In TX
153 Music Performance Degrees Awarded

Any student who is interested in music performance has to check out University of North Texas. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 13th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.

There were about 153 music performance students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent year we have data available.

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5
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In TX

Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 14th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.

There were roughly 24 music performance students who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent year we have data available.

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Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
9th Most Popular In TX
59.1% Growth in Graduates

Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 16th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.

There were about 22 music performance students who graduated with this degree at Texas State in the most recent year we have data available.

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7
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In TX
40 Music Performance Degrees Awarded

Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Waco. A Best Colleges rank of #150 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Baylor is a great university overall.

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

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8
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In TX
15.4% Growth in Graduates

Located in the medium-sized city of Edinburg, UT Rio Grande Valley is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 30th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.

There were approximately 13 music performance students who graduated with this degree at UT Rio Grande Valley in the most recent year we have data available.

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9
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
8th Most Popular In TX
52.4% Growth in Graduates

Located in the large city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #304 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UT Arlington is a great university overall.

There were about 21 music performance students who graduated with this degree at UT Arlington in the most recent data year.

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10
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
11th Most Popular In TX
33.3% Growth in Graduates

Located in the town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 53rd out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.

There were roughly 6 music performance students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M Commerce in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in music performance from Texas A&M University - Commerce

Best Music Performance Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Music Performance Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Arizona 670 166
Oklahoma 565 122
New Mexico 416 44

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Music 1,478
Stringed Instruments 53
Music Theory & Composition 48
Voice Performance 42
Jazz Studies 42
Keyboard Instruments 31
Music Technology 20
Conducting 16
Woodwind Instruments 15
Music Pedagogy 12

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