Music is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #43 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 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in Alabama to determine which ones were the best for music students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 276 degrees in music during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The music program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Music rankings. We derive our Best Overall 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.
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 Schools in Alabama.
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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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the music degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student who is interested in music needs to check out The University of Alabama. UA is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Tuscaloosa. A Best Colleges rank of #139 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UA is a great university overall.
There were approximately 51 music students who graduated with this degree at UA in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the music program state that they receive average early career income of $27,724.
Auburn University is a good option for students interested in a degree in music. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #154 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Auburn is a great university overall.
There were about 18 music students who graduated with this degree at Auburn in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in music has to take a look at University of Alabama at Birmingham. UAB is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham. A Best Colleges rank of #260 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UAB is a great university overall.
There were roughly 17 music students who graduated with this degree at UAB in the most recent data year. Those music students who get their degree from University of Alabama at Birmingham receive $3,052 more than the typical music student.
Jacksonville State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in music. Jacksonville State University is a medium-sized public university located in the small suburb of Jacksonville. This university ranks 18th out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were about 35 music students who graduated with this degree at Jacksonville State University in the most recent year we have data available. Music degree recipients from Jacksonville State University get an earnings boost of approximately $4,391 over the average earnings of music graduates.
Located in the midsize city of Mobile, USA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #825 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means USA is a great university overall.
There were roughly 19 music students who graduated with this degree at USA in the most recent year we have data available.
UNA is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Florence. This university ranks 15th out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were about 27 music students who graduated with this degree at UNA in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the music program make an average of $25,275 in the first couple years of working.
Located in the suburb of Montevallo, Montevallo is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 17th out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were roughly 16 music students who graduated with this degree at Montevallo in the most recent data year.
Alabama State is a small public university located in the city of Montgomery. This university ranks 37th out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were approximately 6 music students who graduated with this degree at Alabama State 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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The music program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Music rankings. We derive our Best Overall Music School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
