Music is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #43 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for music students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 330 degrees in music during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Music Schools in Arizona ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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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.
University of Arizona is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in music. University of Arizona is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tucson. A Best Colleges rank of #133 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.
There were approximately 93 music students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent data year. Those music students who get their degree from University of Arizona receive $4,470 more than the standard music graduate.
Arizona State University - Tempe is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in music. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #119 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were about 148 music students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent data year. After graduation, music degree recipients typically earn an average of $23,507 in the first five years of their career.
Northern Arizona University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in music. NAU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Flagstaff. This university ranks 5th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 40 music students who graduated with this degree at NAU in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the music program state that they receive average early career earnings of $28,782.
Any student pursuing a degree in music needs to take a look at Grand Canyon University. Grand Canyon University is a very large private for-profit university located in the large city of Phoenix. This university ranks 4th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 4 music students who graduated with this degree at Grand Canyon University in the most recent data year.
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. 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.
