2023 Best Music Schools in the New England Region
Finding the Best Music School for You
Music is the #37 most popular major in the country with 7,675 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Music Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 17 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.
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2023 Best Music Schools in the New England Region
Check out the music programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top 10 Best Music Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Dartmouth College the best school in the New England Region for music students. Dartmouth is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Hanover.
Out of the 17 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brandeis University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Brandeis is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Waltham.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tufts University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Music Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Music Schools in the New England Region list. UCONN is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.
The excellent programs at Brown University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in the New England Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Yale University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Music Schools in the New England Region list. Yale is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of New Haven.
Boston University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for music students. It came in at #7 on the list. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
With a ranking of #8, Longy School of Music of Bard College did quite well on this year’s best schools for music students. Located in the city of Cambridge, Longy is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
University of Rhode Island came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Music Schools in the New England Region ranking. URI is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.
University of New Hampshire - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for music students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the suburb of Durham, UNH is a public college with a large student population.
Best Music Colleges by State
Explore the best music colleges for a specific state in the New England region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 472 |
| Connecticut | 217 |
| Rhode Island | 8 |
| New Hampshire | 7 |
| Maine | 7 |
| Vermont | 7 |
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Music Related Rankings by Major
Music is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Music
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Fine & Studio Arts | 3,224 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 1,979 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 1,704 |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 1,699 |
| Arts & Media Management | 1,184 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 17 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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.
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