2025 Best Music Theory & Composition Schools in Pennsylvania
4Colleges in Pennsylvania
26Music 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 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Music Theory & Composition Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 26 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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Music Theory & Composition Schools in Pennsylvania list, to help you choose the best school for 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 Pennsylvania
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.
Carnegie Mellon University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in music theory & composition. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Carnegie Mellon is a great university overall.
There were roughly 8 music theory & composition students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in music theory & composition needs to check out Temple University. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 7 music theory & composition students who graduated with this degree at Temple 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.
Every student who is interested in music theory & composition has to take a look at The University of the Arts. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UArts is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were approximately 6 music theory & composition students who graduated with this degree at UArts in the most recent data year.
Susquehanna University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in music theory & composition. Located in the town of Selinsgrove, Susquehanna is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 55th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.More information about a degree in music theory & composition from Susquehanna University
Best Music Theory & Composition Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
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.
