If you pursue a degree in music performance, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #116 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Missouri to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of music performance. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 104 degrees in music performance during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of music performance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Music Performance School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The music performance 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 Music Performance Schools in Missouri.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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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 music performance degree levels they offer.
Every student who is interested in music performance needs to check out University of Missouri - Kansas City. UMKC is a large public university located in the city of Kansas City. A Best Colleges rank of #480 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMKC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 59 music performance students who graduated with this degree at UMKC in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Truman State University if you want to pursue a degree in music performance. Located in the town of Kirksville, Truman State is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 13th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 7 music performance students who graduated with this degree at Truman State in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in music performance has to check out Missouri State University - Springfield. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #427 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Missouri State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 11 music performance students who graduated with this degree at Missouri State in the most recent year we have data available.
Missouri Southern State University is a great option for students interested in a degree in music performance. Located in the small city of Joplin, Missouri Southern is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 30th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 12 music performance students who graduated with this degree at Missouri Southern in the most recent data year.
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 music performance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Music Performance School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
