2024 Best Music Therapy Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

a bachelor's degree in music therapy is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #360 out of 1232 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 looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Music Therapy Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 15 bachelor's degrees in music therapy during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to music therapy students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of music therapy students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized music therapy related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Therapy Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina list to help you make the college decision.

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

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in music therapy.

Top North Carolina Schools for a Bachelor's in Music Therapy

1

Appalachian State University
Boone, NC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

Appalachian State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in music therapy. Located in the town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in music therapy from Appalachian State University

2

Queens University of Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

7 Annual Graduates

Queens University of Charlotte is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in music therapy. Located in the city of Charlotte, Queens is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in music therapy from Queens University of Charlotte

Best Music Therapy Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	492	26
Tennessee	460	22
Georgia	453	18
Virginia	421	16
South Carolina	370	14
Kentucky	331	8
Louisiana	306	9
Mississippi	275	6

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Music Therapy Related Rankings by Major

One of 16 majors within the Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions area of study, Music Therapy has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy	162
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling	33
Art Therapy	4

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.