2025 Best Music Schools in Tennessee
10
Colleges in Tennessee
822
Music Degrees Awarded
$29,590
Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in
music, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #43 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 10 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of music. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 822 degrees in music annually.
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Featured Music Programs
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Choosing a Great Music School
Your choice of music school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for music schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Music Rankings by Degree Level
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 Schools in Tennessee list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data 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 Tennessee
The schools below may not offer all types of music degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
10 Top Tennessee Schools in Music
Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
5th
Most Popular In TN
44
Music Degrees Awarded
It's difficult to beat Vanderbilt University if you wish to pursue a degree in music. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were roughly 44 music students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
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Belmont University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in music. Belmont is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #237 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Belmont is a great university overall.
There were roughly 118 music students who graduated with this degree at Belmont in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the music program report average early career income of $24,852.
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Masters
Degree Type
MBA in Music Business
Program Name
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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in music. Located in the city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #226 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UT Knoxville is a great university overall.
There were approximately 86 music students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent data year. Those music students who get their degree from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville make $3,474 more than the typical music graduate.
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It's difficult to beat Middle Tennessee State University if you wish to pursue a degree in music. Middle Tennessee State University is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Murfreesboro. This university ranks 18th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 146 music students who graduated with this degree at Middle Tennessee State University in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the music program earn an average of $27,586 in the first couple years of working.
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UofM is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Memphis. A Best Colleges rank of #807 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UofM is a great university overall.
There were approximately 81 music students who graduated with this degree at UofM in the most recent year we have data available. Those music students who get their degree from University of Memphis earn $5,111 more than the average music graduate.
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Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
8th
Most Popular In TN
Located in the small city of Cleveland, Lee University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 17th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were about 30 music students who graduated with this degree at Lee University in the most recent data year.
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Located in the town of Cookeville, Tennessee Tech University is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 19th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were about 18 music students who graduated with this degree at Tennessee Tech University in the most recent year we have data available. Music degree recipients from Tennessee Technological University earn a boost of about $15,045 over the typical income of music majors.
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
13th
Most Popular In TN
UT Martin is a moderately-sized public university located in the remote town of Martin. This university ranks 32nd out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 14 music students who graduated with this degree at UT Martin in the most recent data year.
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Austin Peay State University is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Clarksville. This university ranks 25th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 24 music students who graduated with this degree at Austin Peay State University in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the music program at Austin Peay State University get $9,418 more than the typical college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
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Located in the small city of Johnson City, ETSU is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #802 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means ETSU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 30 music students who graduated with this degree at ETSU in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, music degree recipients generally earn about $30,004 in the first five years of their career.
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