2024 Best General Music Associate Degree Schools in New York
5
Colleges in New York
58
Associate Degrees
If you plan on getting your associate degree in
general music, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #114 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for general music students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 58 associate degrees in general music to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great General Music School for Your Associate Degree
The general music associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality general music program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general music students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other general music students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general music related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general music students working on their associate degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The general music 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 General Music Associate Degree Schools in New York.
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