2024 Best Jazz Studies Schools in the Southwest Region
3Colleges in the Southwest Region
46Jazz Degrees Awarded
Jazz Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #544 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Jazz Studies Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 46 degrees in jazz studies during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of jazz studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Jazz Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Jazz Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Jazz Studies in the Southwest Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the jazz degree levels they offer.
The University of Texas at Austin is a good decision for students interested in a degree in jazz studies. UT Austin is a fairly large public university located in the city of Austin. A Best Colleges rank of #36 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were approximately 4 jazz studies students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat University of North Texas if you wish to pursue a degree in jazz studies. UNT is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Denton. This university ranks 14th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 37 jazz studies students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in jazz studies has to check out University of Central Oklahoma. Located in the large suburb of Edmond, UCO is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 32 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were about 4 jazz studies students who graduated with this degree at UCO 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).
Your choice of jazz studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Jazz Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
