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2025 Best Voice Performance Schools

56 Colleges in the United States
668 Voice Degrees Awarded
Voice Performance is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #528 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 56 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for voice performance students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 668 degrees in voice performance annually.

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Choosing a Great Voice Performance School

Best Voice Performance Schools Your choice of voice performance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Voice Performance 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.

Voice Performance Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Voice
Master's Degrees in Voice
Doctor's Degrees in Voice

The voice school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Voice Performance Schools. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.

Best Schools for Voice Performance in the United States

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the voice degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

11 Top Schools in Voice

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In IL
36 Voice Degrees Awarded

Northwestern University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in voice performance. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.

There were approximately 36 voice performance students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in voice performance from Northwestern University

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New York University
New York, NY
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In NY
61.9% Growth in Graduates

New York University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in voice performance. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.

There were about 21 voice performance students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in voice performance from New York University

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In TN
33.3% Growth in Graduates

Every student who is interested in voice performance has to check out Vanderbilt University. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.

There were roughly 6 voice performance students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in voice performance from Vanderbilt University

4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In CA

University of Southern California is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in voice performance. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.

There were roughly 19 voice performance students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in voice performance from University of Southern California

5
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In PA
7.7% Growth in Graduates

Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Carnegie Mellon is a great university overall.

There were roughly 13 voice performance students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent data year.

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6
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
9th Most Popular In NY

Located in the midsize city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #82 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University of Rochester is a great university overall.

There were about 1 voice performance students who graduated with this degree at University of Rochester in the most recent data year.

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The Juilliard School
New York, NY
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In NY
40.0% Growth in Graduates

Juilliard is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

There were roughly 25 voice performance students who graduated with this degree at Juilliard in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in voice performance from The Juilliard School

8
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In TX

Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.

There were roughly 6 voice performance students who graduated with this degree at TCU in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in voice performance from Texas Christian University

9
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In CA
15.4% Growth in Graduates

SFCM is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

There were about 26 voice performance students who graduated with this degree at SFCM in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in voice performance from San Francisco Conservatory of Music

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University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In FL
6.7% Growth in Graduates

U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Coral Gables. This university ranks 6th out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.

There were approximately 15 voice performance students who graduated with this degree at U Miami in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in voice performance from University of Miami

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The New School
New York, NY
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In NY
36 Voice Degrees Awarded

New School University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York. This school ranks 22nd out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were about 36 voice performance students who graduated with this degree at New School University in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in voice performance from The New School

Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for Voice Performance students that almost earned our Best Voice Performance Schools award.

Rank College Location
12 University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Cincinnati, OH
13 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
14 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
15 Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX
16 Manhattan School of Music New York, NY
17 Temple University Philadelphia, PA
18 The New England Conservatory of Music Boston, MA

Voice Performance by Region

View the Best Voice Performance Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Voice Performance is one of 17 different types of Music programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Music 11,168
Music Performance 7,281
Music Technology 1,673
Music Theory & Composition 1,194
Other Music 1,127
Stringed Instruments 553
Jazz Studies 519
Keyboard Instruments 476
Music Pedagogy 377
Music History 197

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