2024 Best Percussion Instruments Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Bachelor's Degree in percussion instruments. It is ranked #923 out of 1232 major degree programs in terms of popularity. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Percussion Instruments Bachelor's Degree Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 9 bachelor's degrees in percussion instruments during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on percussion instruments students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of percussion instruments students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized percussion instruments related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for percussion instruments students working on their bachelor's degree.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Percussion Instruments Bachelor's Degree Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Percussion Instruments in California

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in percussion instruments.

Top California Schools for a Bachelor's in Percussion Instruments

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in percussion instruments needs to look into University of Southern California. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in percussion instruments from University of Southern California

2

San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat San Francisco Conservatory of Music if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in percussion instruments. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFCM is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in percussion instruments from San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Best Percussion Instruments Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Percussion Instruments Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	521	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Percussion Instruments

Percussion Instruments is one of 17 different types of Music programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Percussion Instruments

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Music	785
Music Performance	523
Music Theory & Composition	154
Voice Performance	31
Stringed Instruments	31
Music Technology	31
Other Music	30
Jazz Studies	27
Keyboard Instruments	24
Musicology & Ethnomusicology	19

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.