2025 Best Percussion Instruments Schools
9
Colleges in the United States
43
Percussion Instruments Degrees Awarded
Percussion Instruments degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #1130 out of the 1506 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 9 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Percussion Instruments Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 43 degrees in percussion instruments annually.
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Featured Percussion Instruments Programs
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Choosing a Great Percussion Instruments School
Your choice of percussion instruments 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 percussion instruments 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.
Pick Your Percussion Instruments 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 Percussion Instruments Schools 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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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.
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Featured Percussion Instruments 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.
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Best Schools for Percussion Instruments in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of percussion instruments degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Schools in Percussion Instruments
Vanderbilt University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in percussion instruments. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville. This university ranks 1st out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were about 5 percussion instruments students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in percussion instruments from Vanderbilt University
Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
Every student pursuing a degree in percussion instruments needs to take a look at University of Southern California. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.More information about a degree in percussion instruments from University of Southern California
Masters
Degree Type
MBA in Music Business
Program Name
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Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In NY
Every student pursuing a degree in percussion instruments needs to take a look at The Juilliard School. Juilliard is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
There were roughly 6 percussion instruments students who graduated with this degree at Juilliard in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in percussion instruments from The Juilliard School
San Francisco Conservatory of Music is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in percussion instruments. SFCM is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.
There were roughly 9 percussion instruments students who graduated with this degree at SFCM in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in percussion instruments from San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Graduate Certificate
Highest Degree Type
2nd
Most Popular In NY
Manhattan School of Music is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
There were roughly 2 percussion instruments students who graduated with this degree at Manhattan School of Music in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in percussion instruments from Manhattan School of Music
