If you plan on majoring in music, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #43 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the best for music students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 285 degrees in music to qualified students.
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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for music 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 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 Schools in Kentucky.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of music degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Kentucky is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in music. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #230 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UK is a great university overall.
There were approximately 60 music students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the music degree program at University of Kentucky get $13,819 more than the typical college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Every student pursuing a degree in music needs to look into University of Louisville. UofL is a fairly large public university located in the city of Louisville. A Best Colleges rank of #338 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UofL is a great university overall.
There were roughly 50 music students who graduated with this degree at UofL in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the music program report average early career income of $18,907.
Morehead State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in music. Morehead State University is a medium-sized public university located in the remote town of Morehead. This university ranks 18th out of 38 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were approximately 28 music students who graduated with this degree at Morehead State University in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the music program at Morehead State University make $11,715 above the average college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
It's hard to beat Eastern Kentucky University if you wish to pursue a degree in music. Located in the distant town of Richmond, Eastern is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 38 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were approximately 29 music students who graduated with this degree at Eastern in the most recent year we have data available.
Murray State is a moderately-sized public university located in the remote town of Murray. This university ranks 9th out of 38 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 26 music students who graduated with this degree at Murray State in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the music program make around $29,528 in their early career salary.
WKU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Bowling Green. This university ranks 7th out of 38 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 35 music students who graduated with this degree at WKU in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, music degree recipients typically earn an average of $19,447 at the beginning of their careers.
Located in the large suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #716 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means NKU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 16 music students who graduated with this degree at NKU 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 program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Music rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for music schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
