2024 Best Music Theory & Composition Schools in Oregon
2Colleges in Oregon
16Music Composition Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in music theory & composition, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #390 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Music Theory & Composition Schools in Oregon ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 16 degrees in music theory & composition during the 2021-2022 academic year.
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Best Schools for Music Theory & Composition in Oregon
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 composition degree levels they offer.
University of Oregon is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in music theory & composition. Located in the city of Eugene, UO is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #195 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UO is a great university overall.
There were roughly 7 music theory & composition students who graduated with this degree at UO in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Lewis & Clark College if you want to pursue a degree in music theory & composition. Located in the large city of Portland, Lewis and Clark College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 8th out of 30 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were roughly 3 music theory & composition students who graduated with this degree at Lewis and Clark College in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Portland State University if you wish to pursue a degree in music theory & composition. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 30 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were approximately 4 music theory & composition students who graduated with this degree at Portland State University 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).
