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2023 Best Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

17 Colleges
$26,068 Avg Salary
$24,916 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Music Bachelor's Degree School for You

Music is the #44 most popular major in North Carolina with 511 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 17 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best bachelor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Music Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Music Bachelor's Degree Schools

#1

Duke University

Durham, NC

Our analysis found Duke University to be the best school for music students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in North Carolina. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina School of the Arts. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem, UNCSA is a public school with a small student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a great place for music students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#5

High Point University

High Point, NC

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means High Point University is a great place for music students working on their bachelor’s degree. High Point is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of High Point.

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#6

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

East Carolina University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. ECU is a very large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

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#7

Meredith College

Raleigh, NC

Meredith College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Raleigh, Meredith is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Appalachian State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for music students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Appalachian State is a very large public school located in the town of Boone.

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University of North Carolina at Wilmington came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. UNCW is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington.

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#10

Western Carolina University

Cullowhee, NC

Western Carolina University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for music students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the town of Cullowhee, WCU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Music Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Music Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 472
Virginia 632
Florida 1,223
Tennessee 804
Kentucky 284
South Carolina 204
Louisiana 315
Arkansas 184
Alabama 276
Mississippi 182
West Virginia 93

One of 10 majors within the area of study, music has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 37,413
Design & Applied Arts 36,301
Drama & Theater Arts 17,341
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 16,778
General Visual & Performing Arts 6,355

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 17 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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