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Music Schools in the Midwest
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We rank Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), University of Michigan Ann Arbor, and University of Illinois Urbana Champaign the top three general music schools in the Midwest.
See the best 50 general music schools in the Midwest below or narrow your search by program, state, or city in the Midwest.
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Listed In 2024, we ranked 334 schools offering music majors in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.We rank Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), University of Michigan Ann Arbor, and University of Illinois Urbana Champaign the top three general music schools in the Midwest.
See the best 50 general music schools in the Midwest below or narrow your search by program, state, or city in the Midwest.
Top 50 general music schools in the Midwest:
Music schools in the Midwest by state:
General music schools in other regions:
Northeast: 206 schoolsNorthwest: 65 schools
South: 423 schools
Southeast: 280 schools
West: 277 schools
Popular music school cities in the Midwest:
in Illinois:Bloomington: 1 school
Champaign: 2 schools
Charleston: 1 school
Chicago: 13 schools
Decatur: 1 school
Dekalb: 1 school
Elmhurst: 1 school
Evanston: 1 school
Macomb: 1 school
Normal: 1 school
Peoria: 1 school
Wheaton: 1 school
in Indiana:
Anderson: 1 school
Bloomington: 1 school
Fort Wayne: 2 schools
Indianapolis: 4 schools
Marion: 1 school
Muncie: 1 school
Saint Mary Of The Woods: 1 school
Terre Haute: 1 school
in Iowa:
Cedar Falls: 1 school
Decorah: 1 school
Des Moines: 2 schools
Iowa City: 1 school
Waverly: 1 school
in Kansas:
Lawrence: 1 school
Manhattan: 1 school
Wichita: 2 schools
in Michigan:
Allendale: 1 school
Ann Arbor: 2 schools
Detroit: 1 school
East Lansing: 1 school
Grand Rapids: 4 schools
Kalamazoo: 2 schools
Mount Pleasant: 1 school
Rochester Hills: 2 schools
Ypsilanti: 1 school
in Minnesota:
Duluth: 2 schools
Mankato: 2 schools
Minneapolis: 3 schools
Moorhead: 2 schools
Northfield: 2 schools
Saint Paul: 8 schools
in Missouri:
Cape Girardeau: 1 school
Columbia: 3 schools
Kansas City: 3 schools
Kirksville: 1 school
Saint Louis: 6 schools
Springfield: 3 schools
Warrensburg: 1 school
in Nebraska:
Lincoln: 3 schools
Omaha: 2 schools
in North Dakota:
Fargo: 1 school
in Ohio:
Akron: 1 school
Athens: 1 school
Berea: 1 school
Bowling Green: 1 school
Cincinnati: 4 schools
Cleveland: 4 schools
Columbus: 2 schools
Dayton: 4 schools
Kent: 1 school
Oberlin: 1 school
Oxford: 1 school
Youngstown: 1 school
in South Dakota:
Aberdeen: 1 school
Vermillion: 1 school
in Wisconsin:
Appleton: 1 school
Eau Claire: 1 school
Kenosha: 2 schools
La Crosse: 2 schools
Madison: 2 schools
Milwaukee: 4 schools
Stevens Point: 1 school
Whitewater: 1 school