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2023 Most Popular Music Schools in Illinois

15 Colleges
$26,572 Avg Salary
$23,882 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Music School for You

With 423 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, music is the #30 most popular major in Illinois.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Music Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 15 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Music program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Music Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the most popular school in Illinois for music students. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Music Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#3

Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL

The excellent programs at Roosevelt University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, Roosevelt is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#4

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Music Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Music Schools in Illinois list. Illinois State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Normal.

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Northern Illinois University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular music programs. NIU is a large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb.

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#7

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

Eastern Illinois University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Music Schools in Illinois list. Located in the town of Charleston, EIU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#8

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

University of Chicago came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Music Schools in Illinois ranking. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular music programs. SIUC is a large public school located in the city of Carbondale.

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Western Illinois University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular music programs. Located in the town of Macomb, WIU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Best Music Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Music Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 299
Ohio 474
Indiana 298
Wisconsin 61

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

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 15 schools only.

  • 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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