Music Performance General

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.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 374 institutions across the United States, with a total of 21793 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

134

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

176

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

3,919

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

238

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

2,231

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

534

degrees awarded

Other Awards

14,561

awards given

Top Schools for Music Performance General

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Berklee College of Music Boston, MA	1,005
2	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	906
3	Musicians Institute Hollywood, CA	564
4	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	543
5	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	531
6	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	489
7	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	489
8	University of North Texas Denton, TX	429
9	New York University New York, NY	402
10	Cleveland Institute of Music Cleveland, OH	360
11	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	357
12	Boston University Boston, MA	333
13	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	312
14	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	312
15	The New School New York, NY	294
16	Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	273
17	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	267
18	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	249
19	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA	234
20	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	225
21	DePaul University Chicago, IL	222
22	University of North Carolina School of the Arts Winston Salem, NC	216
23	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	210
24	Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL	207
25	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	201
26	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	201
27	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	195
28	University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO	192
29	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	189
30	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	177
31	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	171
32	Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City, OK	171
33	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	165
34	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	162
35	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	156
36	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	156
37	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	147
38	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	144
39	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	135
40	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	129
41	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	126
42	CUNY Queens College Queens, NY	126
43	Messiah University Mechanicsburg, PA	126
44	Lawrence University Appleton, WI	126
45	Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA	126
46	SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia, NY	126
47	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH	123
48	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	117
49	Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, NY	117
50	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	117
51	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	114
52	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	114
53	Baylor University Waco, TX	111
54	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	111
55	Columbus State University Columbus, GA	105
56	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	105
57	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	102
58	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	102
59	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	102
60	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	102
61	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	99
62	Lynn University Boca Raton, FL	96
63	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	93
64	Yale University New Haven, CT	90
65	Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC	87
66	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	87
67	University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA	87
68	Shenandoah University Winchester, VA	84
69	SUNY College at Potsdam Potsdam, NY	84
70	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	81
71	Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI	78
72	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	78
73	New Jersey City University Jersey City, NJ	75
74	University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR	72
75	Curtis Institute of Music Philadelphia, PA	72
76	Northwestern State University of Louisiana Natchitoches, LA	69
77	Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA	69
78	South Plains College Levelland, TX	68
79	The Catholic University of America Washington, DC	66
80	Appalachian State University Boone, NC	66
81	Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, LA	63
82	The New England Conservatory of Music Boston, MA	63
83	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	63
84	Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY	63
85	Millikin University Decatur, IL	63
86	Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID	63
87	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	63
88	Ithaca College Ithaca, NY	60
89	Portland State University Portland, OR	60
90	Wichita State University Wichita, KS	60
91	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	57
92	Western Illinois University Macomb, IL	57
93	Utah Valley University Orem, UT	57
94	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	57
95	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	54
96	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	54
97	Illinois State University Normal, IL	54
98	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	54
99	University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA	54
100	Furman University Greenville, SC	54