Religious/Sacred Music is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #603 out of the 1506 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Religious/Sacred Music Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 413 degrees in religious/sacred music annually.
Your choice of religious/sacred music school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Religious/Sacred Music School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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Best Schools for Religious/Sacred Music in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of religious music degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student who is interested in religious/sacred music needs to take a look at Liberty University. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 115 religious/sacred music students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in religious/sacred music needs to check out University of Notre Dame. Located in the large suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Notre Dame is a great university overall.
There were about 11 religious/sacred music students who graduated with this degree at Notre Dame in the most recent data year.
Southeastern University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in religious/sacred music. SEU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Lakeland. This university ranks 28th out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 19 religious/sacred music students who graduated with this degree at SEU in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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Your choice of religious/sacred music school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Religious/Sacred Music School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
