General Music is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #73 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in Georgia to determine which ones were the best for general music students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 243 degrees in general music during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of general music school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Music School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Music Schools in Georgia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general music degree levels they offer.
Emory University is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in general music. Emory is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Atlanta. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.
There were roughly 22 general music students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Georgia is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general music. UGA is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #72 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were about 48 general music students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent year we have data available.
Georgia Southern University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general music. GaSou is a very large public university located in the distant town of Statesboro. A Best Colleges rank of #586 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means GaSou is a great university overall.
There were approximately 17 general music students who graduated with this degree at GaSou in the most recent year we have data available.
Valdosta State University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in general music. Located in the small city of Valdosta, VSU is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 37th out of 68 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were about 22 general music students who graduated with this degree at VSU in the most recent data year.
KSU Georgia is a very large public university located in the suburb of Kennesaw. A Best Colleges rank of #708 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means KSU Georgia is a great university overall.
There were about 10 general music students who graduated with this degree at KSU Georgia in the most recent year we have data available.
University of West Georgia is a fairly large public university located in the town of Carrollton. This university ranks 30th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were roughly 26 general music students who graduated with this degree at University of West Georgia in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the midsize city of Columbus, CSU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 43rd out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were approximately 7 general music students who graduated with this degree at CSU in the most recent data year.
Georgia College is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Milledgeville. This university ranks 16th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were roughly 5 general music students who graduated with this degree at Georgia College in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Atlanta, CAU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 58th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were roughly 11 general music students who graduated with this degree at CAU in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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Your choice of general music school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Music School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
