2023 Most Popular 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Music Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 23 schools in the New England Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Music program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Music Schools in the New England Region
Check out the music programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .
Top 10 Most Popular Music Schools
Our analysis found The New England Conservatory of Music to be the most popular school for music students who want to pursue a degree in the New England Region . Located in the city of Boston, The New England Conservatory of Music is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Read full report on Music at The New England Conservatory of Music
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Music Schools in the New England Region list. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of New Haven.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Berklee College of Music is a great place for music students. Berklee College of Music is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
The excellent programs at Longy School of Music of Bard College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in the New England Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Longy is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Music Schools in the New England Region list. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.
University of Hartford landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular music programs. UHart is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of West Hartford.
University of Massachusetts Amherst ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Music Schools in the New England Region list. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.
Read full report on Music at University of Massachusetts Amherst
Harvard University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for music students. It came in at #8 on the list. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.
Brandeis University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for music students. It came in at #9 on the list. Brandeis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Waltham.
University of Connecticut landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular music programs. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.
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 |
Music Related Majors
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 23 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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