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2024 Best Conducting Schools in the Southwest Region

5 Colleges in the Southwest Region
19 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 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Conducting Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 19 degrees in conducting during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Conducting School

Best Conducting Schools in the Southwest 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

The conducting school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Conducting Schools in the Southwest Region. 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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If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.

Best Schools for Conducting in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region Schools in Conducting

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In TX
50.0% Growth in Graduates

The University of Texas at Austin is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in conducting. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #36 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.

There were approximately 6 conducting students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in conducting from The University of Texas at Austin

2
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In TX

Every student who is interested in conducting has to take a look at Texas Christian University. Located in the city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.

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

More information about a degree in conducting from Texas Christian University

3
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In TX
66.7% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat Southern Methodist University if you want to pursue a degree in conducting. Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #73 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means SMU is a great university overall.

There were about 3 conducting students who graduated with this degree at SMU in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in conducting from Southern Methodist University

4
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In TX
50.0% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in conducting has to look into Baylor University. Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Waco. This university ranks 7th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.

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

More information about a degree in conducting from Baylor University

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Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma City, OK
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In OK
66.7% Growth in Graduates

OCU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Oklahoma City. This university ranks 4th out of 32 schools for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.

There were approximately 3 conducting students who graduated with this degree at OCU in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in conducting from Oklahoma City University

Best Conducting Colleges by State

Explore the best conducting schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Texas 905 16
Oklahoma 565 3

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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 1,806
Music Performance 713
Jazz Studies 65
Music Technology 61
Voice Performance 55
Stringed Instruments 50
Music Theory & Composition 47
Keyboard Instruments 44
Music Pedagogy 12
Brass Instruments 8

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