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Music Schools in the Southeast - 2024 Ranking
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Our team ranks University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL), University of Florida (Gainesville, FL), and Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL) the best three music schools in the Southeast.
See the Best 50 Music schools in the Southeast below or narrow your search by program, state, or city in the Southeast.
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Listed In 2024, we ranked 338 music colleges offering majors in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.Our team ranks University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL), University of Florida (Gainesville, FL), and Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL) the best three music schools in the Southeast.
See the Best 50 Music schools in the Southeast below or narrow your search by program, state, or city in the Southeast.
Top 50 music schools in the Southeast:
8. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA, 6 music programs
Music schools in the Southeast by state:
Music programs in the Southeast:
General Music: 280 schoolsMusic History and Literature: 43 schools
Music Performance: 150 schools
Music Theory and Composition: 34 schools
Piano and Organ: 24 schools
Stringed Instruments: 4 schools
Voice and Opera: 32 schools
Jazz Studies: 11 schools
Music Conducting: 9 schools
Music Therapy: 15 schools
Music Pedagogy: 169 schools
Music Management and Merchandising: 65 schools
Music schools in other regions:
Midwest: 379 schoolsNortheast: 272 schools
Northwest: 73 schools
South: 161 schools
West: 301 schools
Popular music school cities in the Southeast:
in Alabama:Birmingham: 3 schools
Florence: 1 school
Jacksonville: 1 school
Mobile: 3 schools
Troy: 1 school
Tuscaloosa: 2 schools
in Arkansas:
Arkadelphia: 2 schools
Conway: 3 schools
Fayetteville: 1 school
Jonesboro: 1 school
in Florida:
Boca Raton: 2 schools
Coral Gables: 1 school
DeLand: 1 school
Fort Myers: 2 schools
Gainesville: 1 school
Jacksonville: 3 schools
Lakeland: 2 schools
Miami: 3 schools
Orlando: 2 schools
Tallahassee: 2 schools
Tampa: 2 schools
Winter Park: 2 schools
in Georgia:
Athens: 1 school
Atlanta: 5 schools
Carrollton: 1 school
Columbus: 1 school
Duluth: 1 school
Kennesaw: 1 school
Macon: 3 schools
Milledgeville: 1 school
Statesboro: 1 school
Valdosta: 1 school
in Kentucky:
Bowling Green: 1 school
Lexington: 2 schools
Louisville: 3 schools
Morehead: 1 school
Murray: 1 school
Richmond: 1 school
in Louisiana:
Baton Rouge: 2 schools
Lafayette: 1 school
Natchitoches: 1 school
New Orleans: 5 schools
in Mississippi:
Hattiesburg: 2 schools
Jackson: 3 schools
Starkville: 1 school
University: 1 school
in North Carolina:
Boone: 1 school
Chapel Hill: 1 school
Charlotte: 3 schools
Cullowhee: 1 school
Durham: 2 schools
Elon: 1 school
Greensboro: 4 schools
Greenville: 1 school
Raleigh: 5 schools
Winston Salem: 5 schools
in Puerto Rico:
San Juan: 3 schools
in South Carolina:
Anderson: 1 school
Charleston: 2 schools
Columbia: 4 schools
Greenville: 2 schools
Rock Hill: 1 school
in Tennessee:
Cleveland: 2 schools
Johnson City: 1 school
Knoxville: 3 schools
Memphis: 4 schools
Murfreesboro: 1 school
Nashville: 9 schools
in Virginia:
Charlottesville: 1 school
Fairfax: 1 school
Harrisonburg: 2 schools
Lynchburg: 3 schools
Norfolk: 3 schools
Richmond: 3 schools
Winchester: 1 school