Music Therapy is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #519 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Music Therapy Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 62 degrees in music therapy during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The music therapy program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Music Therapy rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for music therapy schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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.
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 Schools in New York list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of music therapy degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's difficult to beat Molloy College if you want to pursue a degree in music therapy. Located in the suburb of Rockville Centre, Molloy is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #353 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Molloy is a great college overall.
There were roughly 24 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at Molloy in the most recent year we have data available.
Nazareth College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in music therapy. Located in the suburb of Rochester, Nazareth is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 83rd out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 14 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at Nazareth in the most recent year we have data available.
SUNY New Paltz is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in music therapy. SUNY New Paltz is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of New Paltz. This school ranks 62nd out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 12 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at SUNY New Paltz 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).
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The music therapy program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Music Therapy rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for music therapy schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
