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3. Music Performance, General

Most Popular Schools for General Music Performance Major & Degree Program

A program that generally prepares individuals to master musical instruments and performing art as solo and/or ensemble performers. Includes instruction on one or more specific instruments from various instrumental groupings.

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Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	Berklee College of Music	287	20%	$65,144
2	Indiana University-Bloomington	283	3%	$24,779
3	Musicians Institute	261	59%	$42,255
4	Johns Hopkins University	185	2%	$71,901
5	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	166	1%	$30,298
6	University of Rochester	156	5%	$72,721
7	Cleveland Institute of Music	145	99%	$60,075
8	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	123	1%	$27,476
9	University of North Texas	116	1%	$24,712
10	New York University	115	1%	$73,566
11	Arizona State University-Tempe	110	1%	$28,048
12	Oberlin College	105	14%	$74,636
13	Boston University	103	1%	$72,618
14	Carnegie Mellon University	84	2%	$72,283
15	Temple University	75	1%	$33,004
16	California State University-Long Beach	71	1%	$24,738
17	Oklahoma City University	71	8%	$44,172
18	University of Colorado Boulder	70	1%	$31,044
19	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	70	1%	$32,443
20	California State University-Northridge	65	1%	$22,969
21	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	64	2%	$24,915
22	Georgia State University	63	1%	$26,014
23	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	63	2%	$21,297
24	James Madison University	61	1%	$27,356
25	Ohio University-Main Campus	59	1%	$28,986
26	University of Southern California	57	0%	$74,825
27	University of Central Florida	55	0%	$22,548
28	California State University-Fullerton	54	0%	$27,738
29	The New School	54	2%	$71,361
30	Florida State University	52	0%	$22,168
31	Columbus State University	51	3%	$21,746
32	University of New Mexico-Main Campus	50	1%	$22,639
33	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	49	1%	$30,360
34	University of Missouri-Kansas City	49	2%	$24,116
35	University of North Carolina School of the Arts	47	17%	$22,112
36	University of Arkansas	46	1%	$25,500
37	California State University-Los Angeles	45	1%	$26,139
38	University of Central Arkansas	45	2%	$22,563
39	Virginia Commonwealth University	45	1%	$32,041
40	California State University-Sacramento	44	1%	$26,454
41	George Mason University	43	0%	$30,284
42	Bard College	43	6%	$72,768
43	University of Miami	43	1%	$68,460
44	Brigham Young University-Idaho	43	1%	$12,050
45	Lawrence University	42	12%	$60,141
46	San Diego State University	41	0%	$29,318
47	CUNY City College	41	1%	$29,967
48	Northwestern University	41	1%	$74,649
49	SUNY at Fredonia	41	4%	$23,902
50	University of South Florida-Main Campus	40	0%	$23,320
51	Michigan State University	38	0%	$28,862
52	University of North Florida	37	1%	$21,384
53	Appalachian State University	36	1%	$19,194
54	Cecil College	35	6%	$6,900
55	Baylor University	35	1%	$62,527
56	Northern Illinois University	35	1%	$29,117
57	Portland State University	34	0%	$26,085
58	Duquesne University	33	2%	$54,364
59	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	31	2%	$22,672
60	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	31	1%	$27,074
61	Shenandoah University	31	4%	$47,000
62	The University of the Arts	31	7%	$67,741
63	San Jose State University	30	0%	$29,193
64	Lynn University	30	3%	$56,823
65	Southern Methodist University	30	1%	$74,737
66	Western Michigan University	30	1%	$26,009
67	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	29	0%	$30,913
68	University of Maryland-College Park	29	0%	$27,146
69	Texas Christian University	28	1%	$65,684
70	Catholic University of America	28	2%	$64,560
71	SUNY College at Potsdam	28	3%	$24,914
72	The University of Texas at Austin	28	0%	$26,506
73	Ithaca College	27	2%	$62,757
74	University of Central Oklahoma	26	1%	$24,091
75	Messiah College	26	3%	$49,280
76	Curtis Institute of Music	26	49%	$23,369
77	Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San German	25	3%	$17,986
78	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	25	0%	$20,471
79	University of Kentucky	24	0%	$30,101
80	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	24	0%	$23,811
81	Western Kentucky University	24	1%	$21,840
82	University of Arizona	23	0%	$29,217
83	Millikin University	23	5%	$49,920
84	DePaul University	23	0%	$57,678
85	University of Wisconsin-Madison	22	0%	$26,025
86	Long Island University	22	1%	$56,283
87	Southeastern Louisiana University	21	1%	$22,601
88	Western Carolina University	21	1%	$17,705
89	University of Oregon	21	0%	$27,366
90	Lebanon Valley College	21	4%	$59,192
91	University of California-Irvine	21	0%	$34,261
92	Western Illinois University	21	1%	$25,997
93	The College of Saint Rose	21	1%	$48,588
94	San Francisco State University	20	0%	$27,480
95	Wright State University-Main Campus	20	1%	$25,116
96	University of Houston	20	0%	$23,225
97	South Plains College	20	1%	$11,935
98	Northern Arizona University	20	0%	$27,266
99	University of Northern Iowa	20	1%	$20,934
100	Onondaga Community College	20	2%	$17,310

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Music Performance, General program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.