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Music Schools in the West - 2024 Ranking
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Our team ranks University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA), University of California Los Angeles, and San Francisco Conservatory of Music the best three music schools in the West.
See the Best 50 Music schools in the West below or narrow your search by program, state, or city in the West.
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Listed In 2024, we have evaluated 301 music colleges offering majors in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.Our team ranks University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA), University of California Los Angeles, and San Francisco Conservatory of Music the best three music schools in the West.
See the Best 50 Music schools in the West below or narrow your search by program, state, or city in the West.
Top 50 music schools in the West:
Music schools in the West by state:
Music programs in the West:
General Music: 277 schoolsMusic History and Literature: 51 schools
Music Performance: 94 schools
Music Theory and Composition: 46 schools
Piano and Organ: 17 schools
Stringed Instruments: 10 schools
Voice and Opera: 18 schools
Jazz Studies: 12 schools
Music Conducting: 9 schools
Music Therapy: 7 schools
Music Pedagogy: 70 schools
Music Management and Merchandising: 43 schools
Music schools in other regions:
Midwest: 379 schoolsNortheast: 272 schools
South: 499 schools
Southeast: 338 schools
Popular music school cities in the West:
in Arizona:Flagstaff: 1 school
Glendale: 2 schools
Phoenix: 6 schools
Tempe: 2 schools
Tucson: 1 school
in California:
Azusa: 1 school
Berkeley: 2 schools
Burbank: 1 school
Chico: 1 school
Claremont: 6 schools
Costa Mesa: 2 schools
Fresno: 3 schools
Fullerton: 2 schools
Hayward: 2 schools
Hollywood: 2 schools
Irvine: 3 schools
La Jolla: 1 school
La Mirada: 1 school
Long Beach: 2 schools
Los Angeles: 9 schools
Northridge: 1 school
Oakland: 2 schools
Orange: 1 school
Pasadena: 2 schools
Pomona: 1 school
Redlands: 1 school
Riverside: 4 schools
Rohnert Park: 1 school
Sacramento: 4 schools
San Bernardino: 2 schools
San Diego: 5 schools
San Francisco: 4 schools
San Jose: 2 schools
San Luis Obispo: 2 schools
San Marcos: 3 schools
Santa Barbara: 3 schools
Santa Cruz: 1 school
Stanford: 1 school
Stockton: 2 schools
Valencia: 1 school
in Colorado:
Boulder: 2 schools
Denver: 4 schools
Fort Collins: 1 school
Greeley: 1 school
in Hawaii:
Honolulu: 2 schools
in Idaho:
Boise: 1 school
Moscow: 1 school
Pocatello: 1 school
Rexburg: 1 school
in Montana:
Bozeman: 1 school
Missoula: 1 school
in Nevada:
Las Vegas: 2 schools
Reno: 2 schools
in New Mexico:
Albuquerque: 1 school
Portales: 1 school
in Oregon:
Ashland: 1 school
Corvallis: 1 school
Eugene: 2 schools
Portland: 6 schools
in Utah:
Cedar City: 1 school
Ephraim: 1 school
Logan: 1 school
Ogden: 1 school
Orem: 1 school
Provo: 1 school
Salt Lake City: 3 schools
in Washington:
Bellingham: 2 schools
Cheney: 1 school
Ellensburg: 1 school
Pullman: 1 school
Seattle: 6 schools
Shoreline: 1 school
Spokane: 3 schools
Tacoma: 3 schools
in Wyoming:
Laramie: 1 school