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Most Popular Music Schools in District of Columbia

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2023 Most Popular Music Schools in District of Columbia

2 Colleges
$29,342 Avg Salary
$26,994 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Music School for You

With 29 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, music is the #91 most popular major in District of Columbia.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Music Schools in District of Columbia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in District of Columbia 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 analysis found Catholic University of America to be the most popular school for music students who want to pursue a degree in District of Columbia. CUA is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Full Music at Catholic University of America Report

#2

Howard University

Washington, DC

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

Read full report on Music at Howard University

Best Music Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,070
Pennsylvania 306
Maryland 176
New Jersey 126
Delaware 26

Music is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

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 2 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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