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Music Schools in the Midwest - 2024 Ranking
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Music-Colleges.com team ranks Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), University of Michigan Ann Arbor, and University of Illinois Urbana Champaign the best three music schools in the Midwest.
See the Top 50 Music schools in the Midwest below or narrow your search by program, state, or city in the Midwest.
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Listed Our 2024 ranking contains 379 music colleges offering majors in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.Music-Colleges.com team ranks Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), University of Michigan Ann Arbor, and University of Illinois Urbana Champaign the best three music schools in the Midwest.
See the Top 50 Music schools in the Midwest below or narrow your search by program, state, or city in the Midwest.
Top 50 music schools in the Midwest:
Music schools in the Midwest by state:
Music programs in the Midwest:
General Music: 334 schoolsMusic History and Literature: 66 schools
Music Performance: 171 schools
Music Theory and Composition: 59 schools
Piano and Organ: 29 schools
Stringed Instruments: 7 schools
Voice and Opera: 34 schools
Jazz Studies: 27 schools
Music Conducting: 19 schools
Music Therapy: 34 schools
Music Pedagogy: 229 schools
Music Management and Merchandising: 81 schools
Music schools in other regions:
Northeast: 272 schoolsNorthwest: 73 schools
South: 499 schools
Southeast: 338 schools
West: 301 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