Best colleges with Music Performance degrees
There are 366 colleges in the U.S. where you can study and earn a degree in music performance. These are the top ranked colleges offering majors in music performance based on the CollegeSimply ranking methodology. The average net price to attend these colleges is $21,081 per year. Del Mar College offers the cheapest music performance degree with an average net price of $3,593 annually.
University of California Irvine
- Public 4 Year
- Irvine, CA
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- Nov 30 application deadline
UC Irvine is a large public university known for undergraduate computer science, biological sciences, and engineering. The suburban campus centers on Aldrich Park in the planned city of Irvine.
- SAT Range 1230-1430
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.75
- Acceptance Rate 29%
- Net Price $15,889
DePauw University
- Private 4 Year
- Greencastle, IN
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3.5 | 2 reviews
- Feb 1 application deadline
DePauw is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate music and communication. Most students join the large Greek system on its college-town campus in Greencastle.
- SAT Range 1200-1410
- Avg GPA 3.97
- Acceptance Rate 57%
- Net Price $31,411
University at Buffalo
- Public 4 Year
- Buffalo, NY
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3.4 | 8 reviews
University at Buffalo is a large public university known for undergraduate pharmacy, engineering, and architecture. Most undergrads are based on the suburban North Campus in Amherst.
- SAT Range 1210-1380
- Avg GPA 3.75
- Acceptance Rate 74%
- Net Price $20,529
Chapman University
- Private 4 Year
- Orange, CA
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4.3 | 6 reviews
- Jan 15 application deadline
Chapman is a private university known for undergraduate film, media arts, and performing arts. The suburban campus is in the city of Orange in Southern California's Orange County.
- SAT Range 1260-1440
- Avg GPA 3.7
- Acceptance Rate 65%
- Net Price $47,902
Furman University
- Private 4 Year
- Greenville, SC
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| 0 reviews
- Jan 15 application deadline
Furman is a private liberal arts university known for undergraduate biology, political science, and business. The residential campus centers on a lake just outside Greenville.
- SAT Range 1260-1430
- Avg GPA 3.61
- Acceptance Rate 43%
- Net Price $34,086
The University of Texas at Austin
- Public 4 Year
- Austin, TX
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5.0 | 4 reviews
- Dec 1 application deadline
UT Austin is a highly selective public university known for undergraduate business, engineering, and computer science. The urban campus occupies a large site in central Austin.
- SAT Range 1250-1510
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.8
- Acceptance Rate 27%
- Net Price $17,942
University of Wisconsin Madison
- Public 4 Year
- Madison, WI
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- Jan 15 application deadline
Wisconsin is a highly selective public university known for undergraduate business, engineering, and the biological sciences. The lakeside campus occupies an isthmus between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona in a classic college town.
- SAT Range 1380-1520
- Avg GPA 3.88
- Acceptance Rate 45%
- Net Price $14,235
Texas Christian University
- Private 4 Year
- Fort Worth, TX
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4.8 | 4 reviews
- Feb 1 application deadline
TCU is a private university known for undergraduate business and communications. The residential campus sits a few miles from downtown Fort Worth.
- SAT Range 1140-1350
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.68
- Acceptance Rate 44%
- Net Price $41,848
University of Tulsa
- Private 4 Year
- Tulsa, OK
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5.0 | 1 reviews
University of Tulsa is a private university known for undergraduate petroleum engineering and energy programs. The compact urban campus sits in midtown Tulsa.
- SAT Range 1223-1530
- Avg GPA 3.97
- Acceptance Rate 62%
- Net Price $13,095
Rutgers University New Brunswick
- Public 4 Year
- New Brunswick, NJ
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4.8 | 4 reviews
Rutgers is a large public university known for undergraduate pharmacy, engineering, and life sciences. Students take classes across multiple campuses in New Brunswick and Piscataway linked by campus buses.
- SAT Range 1310-1500
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.3
- Acceptance Rate 58%
- Net Price $20,522
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
- Public 4 Year
- Champaign, IL
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4.4 | 5 reviews
- Jan 5 application deadline
Illinois is a highly selective public university known for undergraduate computer science and engineering. The campus spans the adjacent college towns of Champaign and Urbana.
- SAT Range 1310-1520
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.79
- Acceptance Rate 42%
- Net Price $13,973
University of the Pacific
- Private 4 Year
- Stockton, CA
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- Jan 15 application deadline
Pacific is a private university known for its Conservatory of Music and undergraduate programs in business and health sciences. Most undergrads live on the residential Stockton campus in California's Central Valley.
- SAT Range 1183-1480
- Avg GPA 3.58
- Acceptance Rate 71%
- Net Price $31,670
Binghamton University
- Public 4 Year
- Vestal, NY
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4.2 | 4 reviews
- Jan 15 application deadline
Binghamton is a selective public university known for undergraduate business, accounting, and engineering. The wooded hillside campus in Vestal sits above the Susquehanna River valley in New York's Southern Tier.
- SAT Range 1340-1500
- Avg GPA 4.0
- Acceptance Rate 39%
- Net Price $18,877
Brigham Young University
- Private 4 Year
- Provo, UT
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4.4 | 17 reviews
- Dec 16 application deadline
BYU is a private university known for undergraduate accounting, business, and foreign languages. Most students are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and follow a campus honor code.
- SAT Range 1270-1460
- Avg GPA 3.89
- Acceptance Rate 68%
- Net Price $16,694
Ohio State University Main Campus
- Public 4 Year
- Columbus, OH
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5.0 | 6 reviews
- Feb 1 application deadline
Ohio State is a large public university known for undergraduate business, engineering, and education. The urban campus stretches across Columbus, the state capital.
- SAT Range 1310-1480
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.76
- Acceptance Rate 61%
- Net Price $19,783
University of Georgia
- Public 4 Year
- Athens, GA
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5.0 | 3 reviews
- Jan 1 application deadline
UGA is a large public university known for undergraduate journalism, business, and agricultural sciences. The historic campus anchors the college town of Athens.
- SAT Range 1270-1480
- Avg GPA 4.0
- Acceptance Rate 38%
- Net Price $16,662
Elon University
- Private 4 Year
- Elon, NC
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- Jan 10 application deadline
Elon is a private university known for undergraduate communications and business. Most students live on the residential campus in the small college town of Elon.
- SAT Range 1130-1280
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.65
- Acceptance Rate 66%
- Net Price $44,440
St Olaf College
- Private 4 Year
- Northfield, MN
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4.8 | 4 reviews
- Jan 15 application deadline
St. Olaf is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate music and the sciences. Most students live on the residential campus in the college town of Northfield.
- SAT Range 1300-1470
- Avg GPA 3.68
- Acceptance Rate 48%
- Net Price $26,756