2025 Best Music Theory & Composition Schools in Michigan
3Colleges in Michigan
42Music 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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for music theory & composition students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 42 degrees in music theory & composition annually.
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Choosing a Great Music Theory & Composition School
The music composition program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Music Theory & Composition rankings. For our Best Overall Music Theory & Composition School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Music Theory & Composition Schools in Michigan list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
Best Schools for Music Theory & Composition in Michigan
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.
It's hard to beat University of Michigan - Ann Arbor if you wish to pursue a degree in music theory & composition. U-M is a fairly large public university located in the city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were roughly 21 music theory & composition students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in music theory & composition has to check out Michigan State University. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 11 music theory & composition students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.
Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
Central Michigan University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in music theory & composition. Central Michigan is a large public university located in the town of Mount Pleasant. This university ranks 6th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 5 music theory & composition students who graduated with this degree at Central Michigan 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 composition program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Music Theory & Composition rankings. For our Best Overall Music Theory & Composition School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
