2024 Best Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
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.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 111 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for music students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 3,652 bachelor's degrees in music during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Music School for Your Bachelor's Degree
Your choice of music for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality music program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
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
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to music students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other music students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Student Debt - How easy is it for music to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
- 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.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The music 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region.
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.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Music in the Southeast Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in music. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
16 Top Southeast Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Music
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Annual Graduates
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Median Student Debt
Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in music needs to look into Emory University. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in music from Emory University
Vanderbilt University is a good option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in music. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville.
Music bachelor's degree recipients from Vanderbilt University earn a boost of around $2,213 over the average earnings of music majors.
More information about a bachelor’s in music from Vanderbilt University
Duke University is a great decision for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in music. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in music from Duke University
Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in music has to check out University of Miami. Located in the small city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the music program report average early career wages of $18,726.
More information about a bachelor’s in music from University of Miami
Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Music bachelor's degree recipients from Florida State University get an earnings boost of around $2,005 over the average income of music majors.
More information about a bachelor’s in music from Florida State University