Best colleges with Music degrees

There are 945 colleges in the U.S. where you can study and earn a degree in music. These are the top ranked colleges offering majors in music based on the CollegeSimply ranking methodology. The average net price to attend these colleges is $19,497 per year. South Texas College offers the cheapest music degree with an average net price of $1,844 annually.

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Princeton, NJ
  • 5.0 | 3 reviews
  • Jan 1 application deadline

Princeton is an Ivy League university known for undergraduate economics, public policy, and engineering. Most undergraduates complete a required senior thesis and live in residential colleges.

#1 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1510-1580
  • Avg GPA 3.93
  • Acceptance Rate 5%
  • Net Price $15,313
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Durham, NC
  • 5.0 | 6 reviews
  • Jan 3 application deadline

Duke is a highly selective private university known for undergraduate public policy, biomedical engineering, and economics. The residential campus in Durham centers on Collegiate Gothic quads and a separate East Campus for first-year housing.

#2 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1500-1570
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.94
  • Acceptance Rate 6%
  • Net Price $21,981
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Stanford, CA
  • 4.8 | 6 reviews
  • Jan 2 application deadline

Stanford is a highly selective private university known for undergraduate computer science, engineering, and entrepreneurship. The suburban campus sits in the heart of Silicon Valley.

#3 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1510-1580
  • Avg GPA 3.96
  • Acceptance Rate 4%
  • Net Price $25,078
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Cambridge, MA
  • 4.8 | 4 reviews
  • Jan 1 application deadline

Harvard is an Ivy League university known for undergraduate economics, government, and the sciences. Most upperclass students live in residential houses that organize dining and social life.

#4 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1510-1580
  • Avg GPA 4.0
  • Acceptance Rate 4%
  • Net Price $17,525
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  • Private 4 Year
  • New Haven, CT
  • 4.5 | 4 reviews
  • Jan 2 application deadline

Yale is an Ivy League university known for undergraduate programs in history, political science, and drama. Most undergraduates live in residential colleges that organize dining and social life.

#5 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1470-1570
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.95
  • Acceptance Rate 4%
  • Net Price $22,408
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Chicago, IL
  • 5.0 | 3 reviews

UChicago is a highly selective private university known for undergraduate economics and a rigorous Core Curriculum. The urban campus occupies Hyde Park on Chicago's South Side.

#6 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1510-1580
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.95
  • Acceptance Rate 4%
  • Net Price $28,060
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Cambridge, MA
  • 5.0 | 3 reviews
  • Jan 1 application deadline

MIT is a highly selective private university known for undergraduate engineering, computer science, and the physical sciences. The compact urban campus sits along the Charles River in Cambridge.

#8 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1520-1580
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.96
  • Acceptance Rate 5%
  • Net Price $20,996
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Houston, TX
  • 5.0 | 2 reviews
  • Jan 1 application deadline

Rice is a highly selective private university known for undergraduate engineering, architecture, and the natural sciences. Most undergraduates live in residential colleges that organize dining and social life on the urban Houston campus.

#9 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1510-1570
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.96
  • Acceptance Rate 8%
  • Net Price $23,589
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Providence, RI
  • 5.0 | 2 reviews
  • Jan 5 application deadline

Brown is an Ivy League university known for undergraduate economics, computer science, and the biological sciences. Most students design their own path under the Open Curriculum, which has no required core.

#11 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1510-1580
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.94
  • Acceptance Rate 5%
  • Net Price $26,256
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Hanover, NH
  • 5.0 | 4 reviews
  • Jan 3 application deadline

Dartmouth is an Ivy League college known for undergraduate government, economics, and engineering. Most students live on the residential campus in the small college town of Hanover.

#12 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1500-1570
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.9
  • Acceptance Rate 5%
  • Net Price $20,322
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Amherst, MA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jan 2 application deadline

Amherst is a highly selective private liberal arts college known for undergraduate economics, English, and political science. Students follow an open curriculum, and the campus sits in a classic New England college town.

#13 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1490-1580
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.91
  • Acceptance Rate 9%
  • Net Price $19,049
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Williamstown, MA
  • 5.0 | 2 reviews
  • Jan 10 application deadline

Williams is a highly selective liberal arts college known for undergraduate economics and Oxford-style tutorials. Most students live on the rural campus in the Berkshires town of Williamstown.

#14 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1490-1570
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.94
  • Acceptance Rate 8%
  • Net Price $15,894
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Evanston, IL
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • Jan 1 application deadline

Northwestern is a highly selective private university known for undergraduate journalism, communications, and theater. The Evanston campus runs along Lake Michigan just north of Chicago.

#15 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1510-1570
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.92
  • Acceptance Rate 8%
  • Net Price $26,830
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Wellesley, MA
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • Jan 8 application deadline

Wellesley is a highly selective private women's liberal arts college known for undergraduate economics, political science, and the sciences. Most students live on the residential campus in a Boston suburb about twelve miles west of the city.

#18 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1460-1560
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.86
  • Acceptance Rate 14%
  • Net Price $22,174
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Ithaca, NY
  • 4.0 | 4 reviews
  • Jan 2 application deadline

Cornell is an Ivy League university known for undergraduate engineering, hotel administration, and agriculture and life sciences. The hillside campus overlooks Cayuga Lake in the college town of Ithaca.

#19 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1500-1570
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.9
  • Acceptance Rate 9%
  • Net Price $26,361
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Claremont, CA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jan 8 application deadline

Pomona is a highly selective private liberal arts college known for undergraduate economics, biology, and politics. Students live on a residential campus and can cross-enroll across the adjoining Claremont Colleges.

#20 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1490-1560
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.89
  • Acceptance Rate 7%
  • Net Price $19,938
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  • Private 4 Year
  • St. Louis, MO
  • 5.0 | 2 reviews
  • Jan 4 application deadline

WashU is a highly selective private university known for undergraduate biology, business, and engineering. The Danforth campus adjoins Forest Park in suburban St. Louis.

#21 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1500-1570
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.92
  • Acceptance Rate 12%
  • Net Price $22,408
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  • Private 4 Year
  • New York, NY
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jan 1 application deadline

Columbia is an Ivy League university known for its undergraduate Core Curriculum, political science, and economics. The urban campus sits in Morningside Heights in Manhattan.

#22 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1510-1580
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.91
  • Acceptance Rate 4%
  • Net Price $22,520
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