A degree in music therapy is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #519 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. 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 8 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for music therapy students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 94 degrees in music therapy to qualified students.
Your choice of music therapy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Music Therapy School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Pennsylvania list to help you make the college decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the music therapy degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student pursuing a degree in music therapy needs to take a look at Duquesne University. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Duquesne is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #228 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Duquesne is a great university overall.
There were approximately 6 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at Duquesne in the most recent data year.
Temple University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in music therapy. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #147 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Temple is a great university overall.
There were about 28 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent data year.
Drexel University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in music therapy. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #125 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Drexel is a great university overall.
There were roughly 10 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent data year.
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in music therapy. SRU is a medium-sized public university located in the distant town of Slippery Rock. This university ranks 30th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 12 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at SRU in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Elizabethtown, Etown is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #537 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Etown is a great college overall.
There were roughly 3 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at Etown in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Scranton, Marywood is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 54th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 7 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at Marywood in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Immaculata, Immaculata is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 44th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 19 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at Immaculata in the most recent data year.
Seton Hill is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Greensburg. This university ranks 79th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 4 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at Seton Hill in the most recent data year.
Mercyhurst is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Erie. This university ranks 87th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 3 music therapy students who graduated with this degree at Mercyhurst 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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Your choice of music therapy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Music Therapy School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
