2024 Best Music Schools in the Southwest Region
42
Colleges in the Southwest Region
2,896
Music Degrees Awarded
$33,339
Avg Early-Career Salary
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.
College Factual looked at 42 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Music Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,896 degrees in music during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Music School
Your choice of music school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Music Rankings by 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 the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Music in the Southwest Region
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.
10 Top Southwest Region Schools in Music
It's hard to beat Rice University if you wish to pursue a degree in music. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Houston. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Rice is a great university overall.
There were roughly 87 music students who graduated with this degree at Rice in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the music program earn about $28,275 for their early career.
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It is hard to beat The University of Texas at Austin if you wish to pursue a degree in music. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #36 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were approximately 140 music students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent data year. Music degree recipients from The University of Texas at Austin get an earnings boost of about $5,269 above the typical income of music majors.
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Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
16th
Most Popular In TX
54
Music Degrees Awarded
Texas Christian University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in music. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #80 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means TCU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 54 music students who graduated with this degree at TCU in the most recent data year.
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It's hard to beat Southern Methodist University if you want to pursue a degree in music. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #73 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means SMU is a great university overall.
There were about 80 music students who graduated with this degree at SMU in the most recent data year. After graduating, music degree recipients usually earn about $25,103 at the beginning of their careers.
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Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #211 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UH is a great university overall.
There were approximately 115 music students who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the music program at University of Houston get $3,868 above the standard graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
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Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #280 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UNT is a great university overall.
There were roughly 324 music students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the music program make around $28,766 in the first couple years of their career.
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Texas Tech is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Lubbock. A Best Colleges rank of #168 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Texas Tech is a great university overall.
There were approximately 123.00000000000001 music students who graduated with this degree at Texas Tech in the most recent year we have data available. Music degree recipients from Texas Tech University earn a boost of approximately $8,195 over the typical earnings of music graduates.
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
5th
Most Popular In OK
$25,000
Median Student Debt
University of Tulsa is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Tulsa. This university ranks 3rd out of 32 schools for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were roughly 22 music students who graduated with this degree at University of Tulsa in the most recent year we have data available.
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Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Waco. A Best Colleges rank of #123 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Baylor is a great university overall.
There were roughly 60 music students who graduated with this degree at Baylor in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the music program earn around $17,039 in the first couple years of working.
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Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 20th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 90 music students who graduated with this degree at Texas State in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, music degree recipients generally make about $31,362 in the first five years of their career.
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