If you pursue a degree in general music, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #73 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Music Schools in South Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 130 degrees in general music during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The general music program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Music rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general music schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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 General Music Schools in South Carolina 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 general music degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of South Carolina - Columbia is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in general music. UofSC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #152 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UofSC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 65 general music students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in general music needs to take a look at Converse College. Converse is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Spartanburg. This college ranks 17th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were about 4 general music students who graduated with this degree at Converse in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in general music has to check out Anderson University South Carolina. Anderson University South Carolina is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Anderson. A Best Colleges rank of #811 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Anderson University South Carolina is a great university overall.
There were approximately 1 general music students who graduated with this degree at Anderson University South Carolina in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat College of Charleston if you want to pursue a degree in general music. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, C of C is a public college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #699 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means C of C is a great college overall.
There were approximately 14 general music students who graduated with this degree at C of C in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Rock Hill, Winthrop is a public university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1191 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Winthrop is a great university overall.
There were about 10 general music students who graduated with this degree at Winthrop in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Conway, Coastal Carolina University is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 19th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were about 7 general music students who graduated with this degree at Coastal Carolina University in the most recent year we have data available.
Lander University is a small public university located in the town of Greenwood. This university ranks 33rd out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were roughly 2 general music students who graduated with this degree at Lander University in the most recent year we have data available.
UofSC Aiken is a small public university located in the suburb of Aiken. This university ranks 30th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were about 1 general music students who graduated with this degree at UofSC Aiken in the most recent data year.
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 general music program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Music rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general music schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
