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2023 Most Popular 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.

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 Colorado ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Colorado 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 University of Colorado Boulder to be the most popular school for music students who want to pursue a degree in Colorado. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the city of Boulder.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Music Schools in Colorado list. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a very large student population.

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The excellent programs at University of Northern Colorado helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in Colorado. Located in the medium-sized city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public school with a large student population.

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#4

University of Denver

Denver, CO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Music Schools in Colorado list. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Music Schools in Colorado list. CU Anschutz is a very large public school located in the city of Denver.

Full Music at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Report

Best Music Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Most Popular Music Colleges 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.

  • 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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