2024 Best Music Performance Schools in North Carolina
8Colleges in North Carolina
232Music Performance Degrees Awarded
Ranked #116 in popularity, music performance is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Music Performance Schools in North Carolina ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 232 degrees in music performance to qualified students.
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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for music performance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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.
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 North Carolina.
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Best Schools for Music Performance in North Carolina
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 music performance degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in music performance. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #43 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.
There were approximately 15 music performance students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat University of North Carolina School of the Arts if you want to pursue a degree in music performance. Located in the midsize city of Winston Salem, UNCSA is a public university with a small student population.
There were about 38 music performance students who graduated with this degree at UNCSA in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in music performance needs to check out University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Located in the large city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 12th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were roughly 66 music performance students who graduated with this degree at UNC Greensboro in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat University of North Carolina at Charlotte if you want to pursue a degree in music performance. UNC Charlotte is a very large public university located in the large city of Charlotte. A Best Colleges rank of #378 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UNC Charlotte is a great university overall.
There were roughly 16 music performance students who graduated with this degree at UNC Charlotte in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Cullowhee, WCU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 17th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 31 music performance students who graduated with this degree at WCU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Raleigh, Meredith is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #517 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Meredith is a great college overall.
There were about 4 music performance students who graduated with this degree at Meredith in the most recent data year.
Appalachian State is a very large public university located in the distant town of Boone. A Best Colleges rank of #445 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Appalachian State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 19 music performance students who graduated with this degree at Appalachian State in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Pembroke, UNC Pembroke is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 54th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were roughly 3 music performance students who graduated with this degree at UNC Pembroke in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize suburb of Salisbury, Catawba is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 45th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 3 music performance students who graduated with this degree at Catawba 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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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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for music performance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
