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 looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Music Schools in Utah ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 348 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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Music Schools in Utah list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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.
Brigham Young University - Provo is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in music. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Provo. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 66 music students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, music degree recipients usually make around $17,786 in their early careers.
It's difficult to beat University of Utah if you want to pursue a degree in music. U of U is a very large public university located in the city of Salt Lake City. A Best Colleges rank of #151 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means U of U is a great university overall.
There were about 69 music students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the music program earn an average of $18,079 in the first couple years of their career.
Every student who is interested in music has to take a look at Southern Utah University. Southern Utah University is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of Cedar City. This university ranks 9th out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were about 80 music students who graduated with this degree at Southern Utah University in the most recent year we have data available.
Weber State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in music. WSU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Ogden. This university ranks 6th out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were about 10 music students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #279 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UVU is a great university overall.
There were about 41 music students who graduated with this degree at UVU in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #341 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means USU is a great university overall.
There were about 13 music students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent data year. After graduating, music degree recipients generally earn about $13,577 at the beginning of their careers.
Located in the city of Saint George, Dixie State College is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were approximately 9 music students who graduated with this degree at Dixie State College in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Community College is a public college with a very large student population. This college ranks 8th out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were approximately 3 music students who graduated with this degree at Salt Lake Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
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.
