2025 Best Music Schools in Georgia
11
Colleges in Georgia
504
Music Degrees Awarded
$29,590
Avg Early-Career Salary
Music is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #43 most popular 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 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 11 schools in Georgia to determine which ones were the best for music students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 504 degrees in music annually.
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Featured Music Programs
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MBA in Music Business
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Choosing a Great Music School
The music program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Music rankings. We derive our Best Overall Music 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.
Pick Your Music Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Music Schools in Georgia list, to help you choose the best school for you.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
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If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.
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Featured Music Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
MBA in Music Business
Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
Learn More
Best Schools for Music in Georgia
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 degrees they offer, see the list below.
10 Top Georgia Schools in Music
It's hard to beat Emory University if you want to pursue a degree in music. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Atlanta. A Best Colleges rank of #31 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.
There were roughly 28 music students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent data year. Music degree recipients from Emory University get an earnings boost of about $3,840 above the average earnings of music majors.
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University of Georgia is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in music. UGA is a very large public university located in the city of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were about 78 music students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year. After graduation, music degree recipients typically earn an average of $28,117 in their early careers.
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Degree Type
MBA in Music Business
Program Name
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Any student who is interested in music needs to check out Georgia State University. Georgia State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Atlanta. A Best Colleges rank of #483 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Georgia State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 58 music students who graduated with this degree at Georgia State in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, music degree recipients usually make around $29,784 in the first five years of their career.
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It is hard to beat Georgia Southern University if you want to pursue a degree in music. GaSou is a very large public university located in the distant town of Statesboro. A Best Colleges rank of #451 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means GaSou is a great university overall.
There were approximately 18 music students who graduated with this degree at GaSou in the most recent data year.
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
18th
Most Popular In GA
Georgia College is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Milledgeville. This university ranks 23rd out of 68 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were approximately 4 music students who graduated with this degree at Georgia College in the most recent data year.
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Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
6th
Most Popular In GA
41
Music Degrees Awarded
Located in the town of Carrollton, University of West Georgia is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 26th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were roughly 41 music students who graduated with this degree at University of West Georgia in the most recent year we have data available.
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
11th
Most Popular In GA
UNG is a large public university located in the distant town of Dahlonega. This university ranks 33rd out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were approximately 4 music students who graduated with this degree at UNG in the most recent year we have data available.
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
5th
Most Popular In GA
KSU Georgia is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Kennesaw. A Best Colleges rank of #720 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means KSU Georgia is a great university overall.
There were about 22 music students who graduated with this degree at KSU Georgia in the most recent data year.
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Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
3rd
Most Popular In GA
47
Music Degrees Awarded
Located in the midsize city of Columbus, CSU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 49th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were approximately 47 music students who graduated with this degree at CSU in the most recent data year.
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Located in the city of Valdosta, VSU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 38th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were approximately 30 music students who graduated with this degree at VSU in the most recent year we have data available.
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