2026 Best Music Schools in Hawaii
Music programs are offered at a focused set of schools across the country. While the number of schools offering the program varies, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for music students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Music in Hawaii
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the music degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Music
Our analysis ranked University Of Hawaii At Manoa the best school in the country for a degree in music. University Of Hawaii At Manoa is a very large public school located in the city of Honolulu. Roughly 64% of students complete a degree within six years here. There were roughly 19 music students who graduated with this degree at University Of Hawaii At Manoa in the most recent data year. Graduates of the music program make about $48,181 in their early career. University Of Hawaii At Manoa graduates carry a median of $20,577 in student loans.
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Brigham Young University Hawaii came in at #2 on our 2026 list of the best music schools. Located in the town of Laie, Brigham Young University Hawaii is a mid-sized private not-for-profit university. Brigham Young University Hawaii graduates 50% of students within six years. There were roughly 10 music students who graduated with this degree at Brigham Young University Hawaii in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, music degree recipients from Brigham Young University Hawaii generally make around $41,461.
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Honolulu Community College came in at #3 on our 2026 list of the best music schools. Set in the city of Honolulu, Honolulu Community College is a mid-sized public institution. There were roughly 14 music students who graduated with this degree at Honolulu Community College in the most recent data year. Students who receive their music degree from Honolulu Community College earn around $59,006 in the first couple years of their career. Typical student debt for the program is $10,868.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 4 schools evaluated.
- 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 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.
