2022 Best Music Schools in Georgia
College Factual reviewed 16 schools in Georgia to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of music. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 536 degrees in music during the 2019-2020 academic year.
What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings
Choosing a Great Music School
The music program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Music rankings. We derive our Best Overall Music 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.
Pick Your Music Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Music Schools in Georgia list, to help you choose the best school for you. 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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Best Schools for Music in Georgia
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 degrees they offer, see the list below.
10 Top Georgia Schools in Music
It's hard to beat Emory University if you wish to pursue a degree in music. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Atlanta. A Best Schools rank of #66 out of 2,576 schools nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.
There were roughly 31 music students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent data year.
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University of Georgia is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in music. UGA is a very large public university located in the city of Athens. A Best Schools rank of #116 out of 2,576 colleges nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were about 86 music students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the music program earn around $18,300 in the first couple years of their career.
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Kennesaw State University is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in music. KSU Georgia is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Kennesaw. A Best Schools rank of #681 out of 2,576 schools nationwide means KSU Georgia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 20 music students who graduated with this degree at KSU Georgia in the most recent data year.
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Every student pursuing a degree in music has to look into Covenant College. Covenant is a small private not-for-profit college located in the rural area of Lookout Mountain. A Best Schools rank of #777 out of 2,576 schools nationwide means Covenant is a great college overall.
There were roughly 4 music students who graduated with this degree at Covenant in the most recent year we have data available.
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GaSou is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Statesboro. A Best Schools rank of #567 out of 2,576 colleges nationwide means GaSou is a great university overall.
There were roughly 30 music students who graduated with this degree at GaSou in the most recent year we have data available.
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Augusta University is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Augusta. A Best Schools rank of #601 out of 2,576 colleges nationwide means Augusta University is a great university overall.
There were roughly 9 music students who graduated with this degree at Augusta University in the most recent year we have data available.
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Georgia State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Atlanta. This university ranks 18th out of 80 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were about 75 music students who graduated with this degree at Georgia State in the most recent year we have data available. Those music students who get their degree from Georgia State University earn $8,650 more than the average music grad.
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Georgia College is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Milledgeville. A Best Schools rank of #458 out of 2,576 colleges nationwide means Georgia College is a great university overall.
There were approximately 6 music students who graduated with this degree at Georgia College in the most recent data year.
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Located in the suburb of Mount Berry, Berry is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Schools rank of #673 out of 2,576 colleges nationwide means Berry is a great college overall.
There were roughly 7 music students who graduated with this degree at Berry in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the midsize city of Columbus, CSU is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 34th out of 80 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were approximately 55 music students who graduated with this degree at CSU in the most recent data year.
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| State | Colleges | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 276 | 1,274 |
| North Carolina | 274 | 534 |
| Virginia | 268 | 620 |
| Tennessee | 257 | 705 |
| South Carolina | 239 | 245 |
| Kentucky | 238 | 303 |
| Alabama | 230 | 334 |
| Mississippi | 228 | 180 |
| Arkansas | 226 | 174 |
| Louisiana | 225 | 334 |
| West Virginia | 205 | 115 |
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Music Related Rankings by Major
One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Music has other similar majors worth exploring.
Music Concentrations
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Music | 249 |
| Music Performance | 197 |
| Music Technology | 69 |
| Music Theory & Composition | 8 |
| Voice Performance | 6 |
| Other Music | 6 |
| Conducting | 1 |
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Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Design & Applied Arts | 2,273 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 916 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 759 |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 475 |
| Arts & Media Management | 173 |
| General Visual & Performing Arts | 112 |
| Dance | 44 |
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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.
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