2025 Best Brass Instruments Schools in California

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in brass instruments. It is ranked #1103 out of 1506 major degree programs in terms of popularity. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Brass Instruments Schools in California ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 23 degrees in brass instruments to qualified students.

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Pick Your Brass Instruments Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Brass Instruments Schools in California list, to help you choose the best school for you. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Brass Instruments in California

The schools below may not offer all types of brass instruments degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top California Schools in Brass Instruments

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

85.0% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in brass instruments needs to check out University of Southern California. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles.More information about a degree in brass instruments from University of Southern California

2

San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco, CA

Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type

It is hard to beat San Francisco Conservatory of Music if you want to pursue a degree in brass instruments. SFCM is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.More information about a degree in brass instruments from San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Best Brass Instruments Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Brass Instruments Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	831	0
Oregon	587	0

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Brass Instruments Related Rankings by Major

Brass Instruments is one of 17 different types of Music programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Brass Instruments

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Music	1,517
Music Performance	760
Music Technology	480
Music Theory & Composition	297
Other Music	116
Stringed Instruments	77
Voice Performance	75
Keyboard Instruments	46
Musicology & Ethnomusicology	31
Jazz Studies	31

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.