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2024 Best Music Performance Schools in Florida

9 Colleges in Florida
336 Music Performance Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in music performance, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #116 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in Florida to determine which ones were the best for music performance students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 336 degrees in music performance during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

Choosing a Great Music Performance School

Best Music Performance Schools in Florida The music performance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Music Performance rankings. We derive our Best Overall Music Performance 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.

Music Performance Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Music Performance
Master's Degrees in Music Performance
Doctor's Degrees in Music Performance

The music performance school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Music Performance Schools in Florida. 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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If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.

Best Schools for Music Performance in Florida

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the music performance degree levels they offer.

Top Florida Schools in Music Performance

1
U Miami crest
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In FL
52 Music Performance Degrees Awarded

University of Miami is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in music performance. U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Coral Gables. A Best Colleges rank of #91 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means U Miami is a great university overall.

There were about 52 music performance students who graduated with this degree at U Miami in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in music performance from University of Miami

2
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Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In FL
93 Music Performance Degrees Awarded

Florida State University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in music performance. Florida State is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee. A Best Colleges rank of #121 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Florida State is a great university overall.

There were roughly 93 music performance students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in music performance from Florida State University

3
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
7th Most Popular In FL
8.3% Growth in Graduates

Stetson University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in music performance. Stetson is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of DeLand. This university ranks 38th out of 77 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.

There were about 12 music performance students who graduated with this degree at Stetson in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in music performance from Stetson University

4
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In FL
40 Music Performance Degrees Awarded

University of Central Florida is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in music performance. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #193 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCF is a great university overall.

There were about 40 music performance students who graduated with this degree at UCF in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in music performance from University of Central Florida

5
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In FL
33 Music Performance Degrees Awarded

Located in the large city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #229 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means USF Tampa is a great university overall.

There were approximately 33 music performance students who graduated with this degree at USF Tampa in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in music performance from University of South Florida - Main Campus

6
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In FL
37 Music Performance Degrees Awarded

UNF is a large public university located in the large city of Jacksonville. This university ranks 15th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.

There were roughly 37 music performance students who graduated with this degree at UNF in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in music performance from University of North Florida

7
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Jacksonville University
Jacksonville, FL
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
11th Most Popular In FL

JU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Jacksonville. This university ranks 32nd out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.

There were roughly 5 music performance students who graduated with this degree at JU in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in music performance from Jacksonville University

8
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
10th Most Popular In FL

UWF is a large public university located in the city of Pensacola. This university ranks 31st out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.

There were roughly 6 music performance students who graduated with this degree at UWF in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in music performance from The University of West Florida

9
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
8th Most Popular In FL
45.5% Growth in Graduates

Located in the suburb of Fort Myers, FGCU is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 25th out of 77 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.

There were approximately 11 music performance students who graduated with this degree at FGCU in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in music performance from Florida Gulf Coast University

Best Music Performance Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Music Performance Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 710 217
Georgia 690 166
Virginia 630 255
Tennessee 624 125
South Carolina 530 40
Kentucky 518 54
Mississippi 501 27
Alabama 500 10
Louisiana 489 188
Arkansas 466 107
West Virginia 410 13

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One of 17 majors within the Music area of study, Music Performance has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Music Technology 448
General Music 315
Other Music 60
Jazz Studies 55
Music Theory & Composition 36
Voice Performance 25
Musicology & Ethnomusicology 13
Keyboard Instruments 11
Conducting 5
Music Pedagogy 2

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