Music Performance is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #116 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Music Performance Schools in Utah ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 37 degrees in music performance during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of music performance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Music Performance School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Music Performance Schools in Utah list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of music performance degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Brigham Young University - Provo is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in music performance. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Provo. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 18 music performance students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent year we have data available.
Utah Valley University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in music performance. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were roughly 8 music performance students who graduated with this degree at UVU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in music performance has to look into Southern Utah University. Southern Utah University is a large public university located in the remote town of Cedar City. This university ranks 9th out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were about 7 music performance students who graduated with this degree at Southern Utah 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).