When it comes to popularity, music pedagogy sits in the middle of the road, ranking #710 out of 1506 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for music pedagogy students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 72 degrees in music pedagogy to qualified students.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Music Pedagogy Schools in Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of music pedagogy degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student who is interested in music pedagogy needs to check out James Madison University. Located in the city of Harrisonburg, JMU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #169 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means JMU is a great university overall.
There were about 3 music pedagogy students who graduated with this degree at JMU in the most recent data year.
Shenandoah University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in music pedagogy. Located in the city of Winchester, Shenandoah is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 9th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 12 music pedagogy students who graduated with this degree at Shenandoah in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in music pedagogy has to check out Liberty University. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Lynchburg. This university ranks 12th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 57 music pedagogy students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University 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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