If you're seeking a degree in sound arts, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #1300 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Sound Arts Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 12 degrees in sound arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Sound Arts Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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 sound arts degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student who is interested in sound arts has to look into University of Massachusetts - Lowell. UMass Lowell is a large public university located in the suburb of Lowell. A Best Colleges rank of #288 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMass Lowell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 10 sound arts students who graduated with this degree at UMass Lowell in the most recent data year.
SUNY Oswego is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in sound arts. SUNY Oswego is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Oswego. This school ranks 78th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 1 sound arts students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Oswego in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in sound arts needs to check out Bennington College. Located in the distant town of Bennington, Bennington is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 2nd out of 11 colleges for overall quality in the state of Vermont.
There were about 1 sound arts students who graduated with this degree at Bennington 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).