2025 Best Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

Music is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #34 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 97 bachelor's degrees in music to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on music students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of music students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt music students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized music related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for music students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Music Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Music in Mississippi

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in music.

Top Mississippi Schools for a Bachelor's in Music

1

University of Mississippi
University, MS

17 Annual Graduates

$38,029 Median Starting Salary

University of Mississippi is a wonderful option for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in music. Located in the town of University, Ole Miss is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the music program state that they receive average early career earnings of $38,029.

More information about a bachelor’s in music from University of Mississippi

2

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS

21 Annual Graduates

University of Southern Mississippi is a great option for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in music. Southern Miss is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Hattiesburg.More information about a bachelor’s in music from University of Southern Mississippi

Best Music Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Music Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	771
Georgia	224	317
Tennessee	220	630
North Carolina	213	385
Virginia	213	453
South Carolina	195	160
Kentucky	187	208
Alabama	184	238
Louisiana	171	210
Arkansas	167	123
West Virginia	147	61

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Music Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Music has other similar majors worth exploring.

Music Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Music	89
Music Performance	7
Music Theory & Composition	1

Most Popular Majors Related to Music

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Visual & Performing Arts	104
Fine & Studio Arts	69
Drama & Theater Arts	52
Design & Applied Arts	30
Dance	23
Arts & Media Management	12
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	6

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.