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2024 Best Keyboard Instruments Schools

49 Colleges in the United States
523 Keyboard Instruments Degrees Awarded
Keyboard Instruments is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #590 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 49 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Keyboard Instruments Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 523 degrees in keyboard instruments during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Keyboard Instruments School

Best Keyboard Instruments Schools Your choice of keyboard instruments school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for keyboard instruments 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.

Keyboard Instruments Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Keyboard Instruments
Master's Degrees in Keyboard Instruments
Doctor's Degrees in Keyboard Instruments

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 Keyboard Instruments Schools 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 Keyboard Instruments in the United States

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

10 Top Schools in Keyboard Instruments

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IL

Northwestern University is a good option for students interested in a degree in keyboard instruments. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.

There were about 10 keyboard instruments students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in keyboard instruments from Northwestern University

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Rice University
Houston, TX
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In TX

It is difficult to beat Rice University if you want to pursue a degree in keyboard instruments. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Houston. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Rice is a great university overall.

There were about 11 keyboard instruments students who graduated with this degree at Rice in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in keyboard instruments from Rice University

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Yale University
New Haven, CT
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In CT
11.1% Growth in Graduates

Yale University is a great option for students interested in a degree in keyboard instruments. Located in the medium-sized city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Yale is a great university overall.

There were approximately 18 keyboard instruments students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in keyboard instruments from Yale University

4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In CA

Any student who is interested in keyboard instruments needs to take a look at University of Southern California. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.

There were about 21 keyboard instruments students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available.

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MI
66.7% Growth in Graduates

Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.

There were roughly 6 keyboard instruments students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in keyboard instruments from Michigan State University

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In TN
66.7% Growth in Graduates

Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.

There were about 3 keyboard instruments students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in keyboard instruments from Vanderbilt University

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The Juilliard School
New York, NY
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In NY
39 Keyboard Instruments Degrees Awarded

Located in the city of New York, Juilliard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

There were approximately 39 keyboard instruments students who graduated with this degree at Juilliard in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in keyboard instruments from The Juilliard School

8
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MI

U-M is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.

There were about 6 keyboard instruments students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in keyboard instruments from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

9
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In TX

Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #73 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means SMU is a great university overall.

There were about 9 keyboard instruments students who graduated with this degree at SMU in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in keyboard instruments from Southern Methodist University

10
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In TX

Located in the large 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 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.

There were approximately 8 keyboard instruments students who graduated with this degree at TCU in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in keyboard instruments from Texas Christian University

Keyboard Instruments by Region

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Keyboard Instruments is one of 17 different types of Music programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Music 11,232
Music Performance 7,335
Music Technology 1,788
Music Theory & Composition 1,175
Other Music 1,117
Voice Performance 656
Jazz Studies 574
Stringed Instruments 507
Music Pedagogy 308
Music History 173

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