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2023 Best Music Schools in Colorado

5 Colleges
$28,067 Avg Salary
$24,472 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Music School for You

In 2020-2021, 223 degrees and certificates were awarded to music students who went to a Colorado college or university. This makes it the #24 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Music Schools in Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Colorado to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Music Schools in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best Music Colleges.

Top Colorado Schools in Music

Our analysis found Colorado State University - Fort Collins to be the best school for music students who want to pursue a degree in Colorado. Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Music Schools in Colorado list. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the city of Boulder.

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Out of the 5 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Music Schools in Colorado list. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Denver.

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University of Denver

Denver, CO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Music Schools in Colorado list. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.

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Best Music Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Music Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 90
Idaho 18
Montana 3
Wyoming 15

One of 9 majors within the area of study, music has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar 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 5 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).

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