2024 Best Woodwind Instruments Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Bachelor's Degree in woodwind instruments. It is ranked #825 out of 1232 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for woodwind instruments students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 8 bachelor's degrees in woodwind instruments to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to woodwind instruments students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other woodwind instruments students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized woodwind instruments related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for woodwind instruments students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Woodwind Instruments Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Woodwind Instruments in the Far Western US Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in woodwind instruments.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Woodwind Instruments

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

University of Southern California is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in woodwind instruments. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in woodwind instruments from University of Southern California

2

San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

San Francisco Conservatory of Music is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in woodwind instruments. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFCM is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in woodwind instruments from San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Best Woodwind Instruments Colleges by State

Explore the best woodwind instruments colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	643	8

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Woodwind Instruments Related Rankings by Major

One of 17 majors within the Music area of study, Woodwind Instruments has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Woodwind Instruments

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Music	1,066
Music Performance	637
Music Theory & Composition	190
Other Music	48
Voice Performance	41
Jazz Studies	39
Music Technology	34
Stringed Instruments	32
Keyboard Instruments	27
Musicology & Ethnomusicology	19

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.