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.
College Factual reviewed 6 schools in Oregon to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of music. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 245 degrees in music during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of music school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Oregon.
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.
University of Oregon is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in music. UO is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Eugene. A Best Colleges rank of #195 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UO is a great university overall.
There were approximately 90 music students who graduated with this degree at UO in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the music program report average early career earnings of $18,006.
Oregon State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in music. Oregon State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Corvallis. A Best Colleges rank of #210 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Oregon State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 20 music students who graduated with this degree at Oregon State in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the music major at Oregon State University make $3,688 more than the typical college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Every student who is interested in music has to check out Portland State University. Portland State University is a fairly large public university located in the city of Portland. A Best Colleges rank of #462 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Portland State University is a great university overall.
There were about 34 music students who graduated with this degree at Portland State University in the most recent data year. Those music students who get their degree from Portland State University make $3,222 more than the standard music student.
Lewis & Clark College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in music. Lewis and Clark College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Portland. This college ranks 8th out of 30 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were roughly 3 music students who graduated with this degree at Lewis and Clark College in the most recent year we have data available.
Willamette University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in music. Located in the midsize city of Salem, Willamette is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 30 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were about 4 music students who graduated with this degree at Willamette in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Newberg, GFU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 9th out of 30 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were approximately 4 music students who graduated with this degree at GFU in the most recent data year.
Southern Oregon University is a medium-sized public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Ashland. This university ranks 18th out of 30 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were about 20 music students who graduated with this degree at Southern Oregon University 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 music school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
