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2024 Best Music Education Schools in Florida

13 Colleges in Florida
285 Music Teacher Education Degrees Awarded
A degree in music education is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #151 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 13 schools in Florida to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of music education. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 285 degrees in music education during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Music Education School

Best Music Education Schools in Florida The music teacher education program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Music Education rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for music education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Music Education Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Music Teacher Education
Master's Degrees in Music Teacher Education
Doctor's Degrees in Music Teacher Education

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 Music Education Schools in Florida list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Music Education in Florida

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the music teacher education degree levels they offer.

10 Top Florida Schools in Music Teacher Education

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University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In FL
65 Music Teacher Education Degrees Awarded

It's hard to beat University of Florida if you want to pursue a degree in music education. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UF is a great university overall.

There were approximately 65 music education students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in music education from University of Florida

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In FL
39 Music Teacher Education Degrees Awarded

University of South Florida - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in music education. USF Tampa is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tampa. A Best Colleges rank of #229 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means USF Tampa is a great university overall.

There were roughly 39 music education students who graduated with this degree at USF Tampa in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in music education from University of South Florida - Main Campus

3
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In FL
61.5% Growth in Graduates

University of Central Florida is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in music education. UCF is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Orlando. A Best Colleges rank of #193 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UCF is a great university overall.

There were roughly 13 music education students who graduated with this degree at UCF in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in music education from University of Central Florida

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Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In FL
61 Music Teacher Education Degrees Awarded

Florida State University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in music education. Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #121 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Florida State is a great university overall.

There were about 61 music education students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in music education from Florida State University

5
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
10th Most Popular In FL
14.3% Growth in Graduates

FAU is a very large public university located in the city of Boca Raton. A Best Colleges rank of #484 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means FAU is a great university overall.

There were roughly 7 music education students who graduated with this degree at FAU in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in music education from Florida Atlantic University

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University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In FL
40.0% Growth in Graduates

Located in the small city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #91 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means U Miami is a great university overall.

There were approximately 20 music education students who graduated with this degree at U Miami in the most recent year we have data available.

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7
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In FL

Located in the city of Jacksonville, UNF is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 15th out of 77 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.

There were roughly 12 music education students who graduated with this degree at UNF in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in music education from University of North Florida

8
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
7th Most Popular In FL

Located in the small city of DeLand, Stetson is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 38th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.

There were roughly 10 music education students who graduated with this degree at Stetson in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in music education from Stetson University

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
7th Most Popular In FL

Located in the midsize city of Lakeland, Florida Southern is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 30th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.

There were approximately 10 music education students who graduated with this degree at Florida Southern in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in music education from Florida Southern College

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
15th Most Popular In FL

FGCU is a large public university located in the large suburb of Fort Myers. This university ranks 25th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.

There were about 4 music education students who graduated with this degree at FGCU in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in music education from Florida Gulf Coast University

Best Music Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Music Education Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 710 150
Georgia 690 183
Virginia 630 40
Tennessee 624 55
South Carolina 530 104
Kentucky 518 65
Mississippi 501 149
Alabama 500 28
Louisiana 489 44
Arkansas 466 61
West Virginia 410 2

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Music Education is one of 37 different types of Teacher Education Subject Specific programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching 494
Reading Teacher Education 150
Mathematics Education 116
Agricultural Teacher Education 91
Art Education 87
English & Language Arts Education 87
Social Science Teacher Education 54
Science Education 37
Trade & Industrial Teacher Education 36
Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas 25

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