Other Music is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #407 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.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Other Music Schools in New York ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 69 degrees in other music to qualified students.
Your choice of other music school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Other Music School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Other Music Schools in New York ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that 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 other music degrees they offer, see the list below.
New York University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in other music. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were about 33 other music students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat The Juilliard School if you want to pursue a degree in other music. Juilliard is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
There were approximately 12 other music students who graduated with this degree at Juilliard in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat University of Rochester if you want to pursue a degree in other music. University of Rochester is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Rochester. This university ranks 8th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.More information about a degree in other music from University of Rochester
Any student pursuing a degree in other music needs to check out Mercy College. Located in the large suburb of Dobbs Ferry, Mercy is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 88th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 16 other music students who graduated with this degree at Mercy in the most recent year we have data available.
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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Your choice of other music school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Other Music School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
