2025 Best Music Performance Schools in the Plains States Region
7Colleges in the Plains States Region
213Music Performance Degrees Awarded
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 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Music Performance Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 213 degrees in music performance annually.
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The music performance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Music Performance rankings. 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.
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.
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 Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Music Performance in the Plains States Region
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.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Music Performance
St Olaf College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in music performance. Located in the town of Northfield, St. Olaf is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #301 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means St. Olaf is a great college overall.
There were roughly 11 music performance students who graduated with this degree at St. Olaf in the most recent data year.
University of Northern Iowa is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in music performance. UNI is a moderately-sized public university located in the small city of Cedar Falls. A Best Colleges rank of #270 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UNI is a great university overall.
There were roughly 9 music performance students who graduated with this degree at UNI in the most recent year we have data available.
Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
It is difficult to beat University of Missouri - Kansas City if you want to pursue a degree in music performance. Located in the large city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 14th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 53 music performance students who graduated with this degree at UMKC in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Wichita State University if you want to pursue a degree in music performance. Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 15th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were roughly 9 music performance students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Missouri State is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Springfield. A Best Colleges rank of #575 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Missouri State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 10 music performance students who graduated with this degree at Missouri State in the most recent data year.
Truman State is a small public university located in the remote town of Kirksville. This university ranks 18th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 7 music performance students who graduated with this degree at Truman State in the most recent data year.
UNOMAHA is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Omaha. This university ranks 7th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were about 8 music performance students who graduated with this degree at UNOMAHA in the most recent data year.
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 performance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Music Performance rankings. 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.
