2024 Best Music Education Schools in New York
19
Colleges in New York
607
Music Teacher Education Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in
music education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #151 in the country in terms of popularity. 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 19 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for music education students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 607 degrees in music education during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings
Choosing a Great Music Education School
Your choice of music education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Music Education 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.
Pick Your Music Education Degree Level
The music teacher education 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 Education Schools in New York.
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 want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.
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Best Schools for Music Education in New York
The schools below may not offer all types of music teacher education degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
10 Top New York Schools in Music Teacher Education
Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
2nd
Most Popular In NY
83
Music Teacher Education Degrees Awarded
Teachers College at Columbia University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in music education. Teachers College is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #12 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Teachers College is a great university overall.
There were about 83 music education students who graduated with this degree at Teachers College in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in music education from Teachers College at Columbia University
Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
6th
Most Popular In NY
42
Music Teacher Education Degrees Awarded
It is hard to beat New York University if you wish to pursue a degree in music education. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 42 music education students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in music education from New York University
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
18th
Most Popular In NY
Brooklyn College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in music education. Located in the large city of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #511 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Brooklyn College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 18 music education students who graduated with this degree at Brooklyn College in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in music education from Brooklyn College
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
5th
Most Popular In NY
47
Music Teacher Education Degrees Awarded
Every student who is interested in music education needs to check out Queens College. QC is a large public college located in the large city of Queens. A Best Colleges rank of #347 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means QC is a great college overall.
There were about 47 music education students who graduated with this degree at QC in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in music education from Queens College
Hunter is a very large public college located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #256 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Hunter is a great college overall.
There were approximately 14 music education students who graduated with this degree at Hunter in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #132 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Syracuse is a great university overall.
There were approximately 24 music education students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent data year.
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Located in the large city of Bronx, Lehman is a public college with a large student population. This college ranks 57th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 8 music education students who graduated with this degree at Lehman in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in music education from Lehman College
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
11th
Most Popular In NY
Hofstra is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Hempstead. A Best Colleges rank of #552 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Hofstra is a great university overall.
There were approximately 19 music education students who graduated with this degree at Hofstra in the most recent data year.
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University of Rochester is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Rochester. A Best Colleges rank of #104 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Rochester is a great university overall.
There were about 23 music education students who graduated with this degree at University of Rochester in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in music education from University of Rochester
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
13th
Most Popular In NY
University at Buffalo is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Buffalo. A Best Colleges rank of #313 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University at Buffalo is a great university overall.
There were approximately 15 music education students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in music education from University at Buffalo
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