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 looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Music Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 73 degrees in music to qualified students.
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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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Music Schools in Rhode Island 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.
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.
Every student pursuing a degree in music has to take a look at Brown University. Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were roughly 32 music students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat University of Rhode Island if you want to pursue a degree in music. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were approximately 19 music students who graduated with this degree at URI 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.
Rhode Island College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in music. Located in the suburb of Providence, RIC is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 6th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were approximately 11 music students who graduated with this degree at RIC in the most recent data year. Music degree recipients from Rhode Island College receive an earnings boost of approximately $4,959 above the typical income of music majors.
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).
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.
