2024 Best Music Therapy Bachelor's Degree Schools in Florida

Music Therapy is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #360 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Florida to determine which ones were the best for music therapy students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 26 bachelor's degrees in music therapy during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on music therapy students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other music therapy students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized music therapy related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for music therapy students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Music Therapy Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Music Therapy Bachelor's Degree Schools in Florida ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Music Therapy in Florida

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for music therapy students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Florida Schools for a Bachelor's in Music Therapy

1

University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

University of Miami is a great choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in music therapy. U Miami is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Coral Gables.More information about a bachelor’s in music therapy from University of Miami

2

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Florida State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in music therapy. Florida State is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee.More information about a bachelor’s in music therapy from Florida State University

2

Florida Gulf Coast University
Fort Myers, FL

8 Annual Graduates

Florida Gulf Coast University is a great choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in music therapy. Located in the large suburb of Fort Myers, FGCU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in music therapy from Florida Gulf Coast University

Best Music Therapy Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Tennessee	460	22
North Carolina	453	15
Georgia	453	18
Virginia	421	16
South Carolina	370	14
Kentucky	331	8
Louisiana	306	9
Mississippi	275	6

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Rankings in Majors Related to Music Therapy

Music Therapy is one of 16 different types of Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Music Therapy

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	6
Art Therapy	2
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy	2

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver. More about our data sources and methodologies.