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2024 Best Conducting Schools in the New England Region

4 Colleges in the New England Region
13 Conducting Degrees Awarded
Conducting isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #878 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Conducting Schools in the New England Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 13 degrees in conducting to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Conducting School

Best Conducting Schools in the New England Region Your choice of conducting school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Conducting 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.

Conducting Rankings by Degree Level

Master's Degrees in Conducting
Doctor's Degrees in Conducting

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 Conducting Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Conducting in the New England Region

The schools below may not offer all types of conducting degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top New England Region Schools in Conducting

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Yale University
New Haven, CT
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In CT

It's difficult to beat Yale University if you want to pursue a degree in conducting. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Yale is a great university overall.

There were roughly 4 conducting students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in conducting from Yale University

2
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MA
50.0% Growth in Graduates

The New England Conservatory of Music is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in conducting. The New England Conservatory of Music is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

There were approximately 6 conducting students who graduated with this degree at The New England Conservatory of Music in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in conducting from The New England Conservatory of Music

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Boston University
Boston, MA

Any student pursuing a degree in conducting needs to take a look at Boston University. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. This university ranks 6th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.More information about a degree in conducting from Boston University

3
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In MA

It is difficult to beat Berklee College of Music if you wish to pursue a degree in conducting. Located in the city of Boston, Berklee College of Music is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

There were about 2 conducting students who graduated with this degree at Berklee College of Music in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in conducting from Berklee College of Music

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University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT

University of Hartford is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in conducting. UHart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of West Hartford. This university ranks 11th out of 28 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.More information about a degree in conducting from University of Hartford

Best Conducting Colleges by State

Explore the best conducting colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 854 7
Connecticut 538 4
Maine 396 1

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One of 17 majors within the Music area of study, Conducting has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Music 585
Music Performance 494
Other Music 361
Music Theory & Composition 248
Stringed Instruments 123
Voice Performance 79
Keyboard Instruments 77
Jazz Studies 54
Music Pedagogy 36
Music Technology 24

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