Best Music Schools in the United States

4-year / Public / Bloomington, IN

$10,388 Projected 2019 Tuition

49,695 Student Population

76% Graduation Rate

17:1 Student/Faculty Ratio

#2 with 134 total points

The Juilliard School

4-year / Private / New York, NY

$41,310 Projected 2019 Tuition

939 Student Population

92% Graduation Rate

15:1 Student/Faculty Ratio

4-year / Public / Ann Arbor, MI

$14,402 Projected 2019 Tuition

44,718 Student Population

91% Graduation Rate

12:1 Student/Faculty Ratio

#4 with 128 total points

Yale School of Music

4-year / Private / New Haven, CT

$49,480 Projected 2019 Tuition

12,458 Student Population

98% Graduation Rate

6:1 Student/Faculty Ratio

#5 with 127 total points

The Curtis Institute of Music

4-year / Private / Philadelphia, PA

$2,525 Projected 2019 Tuition

173 Student Population

68% Graduation Rate

2:1 Student/Faculty Ratio

4-year / Private / Houston, TX

$43,918 Projected 2019 Tuition

6,855 Student Population

93% Graduation Rate

6:1 Student/Faculty Ratio

4-year / Private / Los Angeles, CA

$52,283 Projected 2019 Tuition

43,871 Student Population

92% Graduation Rate

9:1 Student/Faculty Ratio

4-year / Private / Rochester, NY

$50,142 Projected 2019 Tuition

11,209 Student Population

85% Graduation Rate

10:1 Student/Faculty Ratio

#9 with 107 total points

Manhattan School of Music

4-year / Private / New York, NY

$44,600 Projected 2019 Tuition

1,071 Student Population

100% Graduation Rate

18:1 Student/Faculty Ratio

#10 with 107 total points

Berklee College of Music

4-year / Private / Boston, MA

$41,398 Projected 2019 Tuition

6,405 Student Population

61% Graduation Rate

11:1 Student/Faculty Ratio

#11 with 106 total points

Bard College Conservatory of Music

4-year / Private / Annandale-On-Hudson, NY

$51,384 Projected 2019 Tuition

2,304 Student Population

78% Graduation Rate

10:1 Student/Faculty Ratio

#12 with 105 total points

The New England Conservatory of Music

4-year / Private / Boston, MA

$44,755 Projected 2019 Tuition

819 Student Population

81% Graduation Rate

5:1 Student/Faculty Ratio

4-year / Private / Oberlin, OH

$52,002 Projected 2019 Tuition

2,912 Student Population

85% Graduation Rate

9:1 Student/Faculty Ratio

#14 with 88 total points

Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute

4-year / Private / Baltimore, MD

$50,410 Projected 2019 Tuition

23,917 Student Population

92% Graduation Rate

10:1 Student/Faculty Ratio

4-year / Public / Denton, TX

$10,153 Projected 2019 Tuition

38,145 Student Population

52% Graduation Rate

25:1 Student/Faculty Ratio

#16 with 84 total points

Music Academy – The Colburn School

/ Public / Los Angeles, CA

N/A Projected 2019 Tuition

N/A Student Population

N/A Graduation Rate

N/A Student/Faculty Ratio

4-year / Private / New York, NY

$45,440 Projected 2019 Tuition

10,301 Student Population

68% Graduation Rate

9:1 Student/Faculty Ratio

#18 with 80 total points

Cleveland Institute of Music

4-year / Private / Cleveland, OH

$49,106 Projected 2019 Tuition

431 Student Population

59% Graduation Rate

7:1 Student/Faculty Ratio

#19 with 77 total points

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

4-year / Private / San Francisco, CA

$43,410 Projected 2019 Tuition

401 Student Population

73% Graduation Rate

6:1 Student/Faculty Ratio

#20 with 66 total points

Los Angeles College of Music

4-year / Private / Pasadena, CA

$24,004 Projected 2019 Tuition

N/A Student Population

61% Graduation Rate

Student/Faculty Ratio

#21 with 59 total points

Musicians Institute

4-year / Private / Hollywood, CA

$24,030 Projected 2019 Tuition

1,019 Student Population

34% Graduation Rate

5:1 Student/Faculty Ratio

#22 with 53 total points

McNally Smith College of Music

4-year / Private / Saint Paul, MN

$27,940 Projected 2019 Tuition

376 Student Population

41% Graduation Rate

7:1 Student/Faculty Ratio

#23 with 52 total points

Full Sail University

4-year / Private / Winter Park, FL

$23,116 Projected 2019 Tuition

19,443 Student Population

42% Graduation Rate

24:1 Student/Faculty Ratio

#24 with 52 total points

Boston Conservatory at Berklee

/ / Boston, MA

N/A Projected 2019 Tuition

N/A Student Population

N/A Graduation Rate

N/A Student/Faculty Ratio

#25 with 48 total points

Academy of Vocal Arts

4-year / Private / Philadelphia, PA

N/A Projected 2019 Tuition

28 Student Population

N/A Graduation Rate

N/A Student/Faculty Ratio

Top Music Colleges

2019 Rankings

United States

2019 Best Music Schools

Detroit Institute of Music Education

Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

The Juilliard School

UM School of Music – University of Michigan – Ann Arbor

Yale School of Music

The Curtis Institute of Music

Rice University Shepherd School of Music

University of Southern California – Thornton School of Music

Eastman School of Music – University of Rochester

Manhattan School of Music

Berklee College of Music

Bard College Conservatory of Music

The New England Conservatory of Music

Oberlin Conservatory of Music – Oberlin, OH

Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute

University of North Texas College of Music

Music Academy – The Colburn School

The New School – Mannes School of Music

Cleveland Institute of Music

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Los Angeles College of Music

Musicians Institute

McNally Smith College of Music

Full Sail University

Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Academy of Vocal Arts

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