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Music Schools in the Northeast

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In 2024, we ranked 206 schools offering general music majors in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Music-Colleges.com team ranks Yale University (New Haven, CT), The Juilliard School (New York City, NY), and Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA) the top three general music schools in the Northeast.

See the best 50 general music schools in the Northeast below or narrow your search by program, state, or city in the Northeast.

Top 50 general music schools in the Northeast:

Yale University - Music School Ranking
1. Yale University

New Haven, CT, 7 general music programs

The Juilliard School - Music School Ranking
2. The Juilliard School

New York City, NY, 3 general music programs

Carnegie Mellon University - Music School Ranking
3. Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA, 7 general music programs

New York University - Music School Ranking
4. New York University

New York City, NY, 5 general music programs

Boston University - Music School Ranking
5. Boston University

Boston, MA, 3 general music programs

University of Rochester - Music School Ranking
6. University of Rochester

Rochester, NY, 5 general music programs

Syracuse University - Music School Ranking
7. Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY, 2 general music programs

Berklee College of Music - Music School Ranking
8. Berklee College of Music

Boston, MA, 7 general music programs

Temple University - Music School Ranking
9. Temple University

Philadelphia, PA, 5 general music programs

Ithaca College - Music School Ranking
10. Ithaca College

Ithaca, NY, 1 general music program

Montclair State University - Music School Ranking
11. Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ, 2 general music programs

University of Hartford - Music School Ranking
12. University of Hartford

West Hartford, CT, 6 general music programs

Princeton University - Music School Ranking
13. Princeton University

Princeton, NJ, 3 general music programs

Columbia University in the City of New York - Music School Ranking
14. Columbia University in the City of New York

New York City, NY, 5 general music programs

Harvard University - Music School Ranking
15. Harvard University

Cambridge, MA, 4 general music programs

Brown University - Music School Ranking
16. Brown University

Providence, RI, 7 general music programs

Dartmouth College - Music School Ranking
17. Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH, 3 general music programs

University of Pennsylvania - Music School Ranking
18. University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA, 4 general music programs

Cornell University - Music School Ranking
19. Cornell University

Ithaca, NY, 5 general music programs

Tufts University - Music School Ranking
20. Tufts University

Medford, MA, 3 general music programs

Wesleyan University - Music School Ranking
21. Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT, 3 general music programs

Northeastern University - Music School Ranking
22. Northeastern University

Boston, MA, 2 general music programs

Curtis Institute of Music - Music School Ranking
23. Curtis Institute of Music

Philadelphia, PA, 2 general music programs

Amherst College - Music School Ranking
24. Amherst College

Amherst, MA, 2 general music programs

Stevens Institute of Technology - Music School Ranking
25. Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, NJ, 1 general music program

Brandeis University - Music School Ranking
26. Brandeis University

Waltham, MA, 3 general music programs

University of Pittsburgh - Music School Ranking
27. University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA, 4 general music programs

Binghamton University - Music School Ranking
28. Binghamton University

Vestal, NY, 3 general music programs

Bates College - Music School Ranking
29. Bates College

Lewiston, ME, 2 general music programs

CUNY Graduate School and University Center - Music School Ranking
30. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

New York City, NY, 4 general music programs

University of Massachusetts Amherst - Music School Ranking
31. University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, MA, 3 general music programs

University of Connecticut - Music School Ranking
32. University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT, 3 general music programs

Stony Brook University - Music School Ranking
33. Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY, 4 general music programs

Mount Holyoke College - Music School Ranking
34. Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, MA, 2 general music programs

CUNY Bernard M Baruch College - Music School Ranking
35. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

New York City, NY, 1 general music program

Rutgers University New Brunswick - Music School Ranking
36. Rutgers University New Brunswick

New Brunswick, NJ, 3 general music programs

SUNY at Albany - Music School Ranking
37. SUNY at Albany

Albany, NY, 2 general music programs

Hofstra University - Music School Ranking
38. Hofstra University

Hempstead, NY, 1 general music program

University at Buffalo - Music School Ranking
39. University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY, 3 general music programs

Molloy College - Music School Ranking
40. Molloy College

Rockville Centre, NY, 1 general music program

Rowan University - Music School Ranking
41. Rowan University

Glassboro, NJ, 2 general music programs

CUNY City College - Music School Ranking
42. CUNY City College

New York City, NY, 4 general music programs

University of Massachusetts Lowell - Music School Ranking
43. University of Massachusetts Lowell

Lowell, MA, 6 general music programs

University of Rhode Island - Music School Ranking
44. University of Rhode Island

Kingston, RI, 3 general music programs

University of New Hampshire - Music School Ranking
45. University of New Hampshire

Durham, NH, 2 general music programs

Nazareth College - Music School Ranking
46. Nazareth College

Rochester, NY, 3 general music programs

Bennington College - Music School Ranking
47. Bennington College

Bennington, VT, 6 general music programs

Rider University - Music School Ranking
48. Rider University

Lawrenceville, NJ, 1 general music program

West Chester University of Pennsylvania - Music School Ranking
49. West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, PA, 3 general music programs

CUNY Lehman College - Music School Ranking
50. CUNY Lehman College

Bronx, NY, 1 general music program

Music schools in the Northeast by state:

Schools by State14 General Music Schools in Connecticut6 General Music Schools in Maine34 General Music Schools in Massachusetts6 General Music Schools in New Hampshire24 General Music Schools in New Jersey61 General Music Schools in New York50 General Music Schools in Pennsylvania6 General Music Schools in Rhode Island5 General Music Schools in Vermont


General music schools in other regions:

Midwest: 334 schools
Northwest: 65 schools
South: 423 schools
Southeast: 280 schools
West: 277 schools

Popular music school cities in the Northeast:

in Connecticut:
Danbury: 1 school
Middletown: 1 school
New Haven: 3 schools
Storrs: 1 school
West Hartford: 1 school
West Haven: 1 school
in Maine:
Orono: 1 school
Portland: 1 school
in Massachusetts:
Amherst: 3 schools
Boston: 10 schools
Cambridge: 3 schools
Lowell: 1 school
Medford: 1 school
Waltham: 1 school
Wenham: 1 school
Worcester: 4 schools
in New Hampshire:
Durham: 1 school
Hanover: 1 school
Plymouth: 1 school
in New Jersey:
Ewing: 1 school
Glassboro: 1 school
Hoboken: 1 school
Jersey City: 1 school
Lawrenceville: 1 school
Mahwah: 1 school
Montclair: 1 school
New Brunswick: 1 school
Princeton: 1 school
Wayne: 1 school
West Long Branch: 1 school
in New York:
Albany: 2 schools
Annandale On Hudson: 1 school
Bronx: 4 schools
Brooklyn: 2 schools
Buffalo: 4 schools
Dix Hills: 1 school
Dobbs Ferry: 1 school
Fredonia: 1 school
Garden City: 2 schools
Hempstead: 1 school
Houghton: 1 school
Ithaca: 2 schools
New Paltz: 1 school
New York City: 18 schools
Oneonta: 2 schools
Oswego: 1 school
Potsdam: 1 school
Purchase: 2 schools
Queens: 1 school
Rochester: 4 schools
Rockville Centre: 1 school
Schenectady: 2 schools
Staten Island: 2 schools
Stony Brook: 1 school
Syracuse: 3 schools
Vestal: 1 school
in Pennsylvania:
Allentown: 1 school
Annville: 1 school
Bethlehem: 2 schools
Bloomsburg: 1 school
Immaculata: 1 school
Indiana: 1 school
Kutztown: 1 school
Mechanicsburg: 1 school
Millersville: 1 school
Philadelphia: 9 schools
Pittsburgh: 6 schools
Scranton: 1 school
Selinsgrove: 1 school
Slippery Rock: 1 school
West Chester: 1 school
in Rhode Island:
Kingston: 1 school
Providence: 3 schools
in Vermont:
Burlington: 2 schools
Johnson: 1 school
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