2025 Best Music History Schools in the Great Lakes Region
6Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
26Music History Degrees Awarded
Music History isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #840 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for music history students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 26 degrees in music history to qualified students.
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Your choice of music history school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Music History School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Music History Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
Best Schools for Music History in the Great Lakes Region
The schools below may not offer all types of music history degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student who is interested in music history needs to check out University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were roughly 12 music history students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available.
Ohio State University - Main Campus is a great decision for students interested in a degree in music history. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.More information about a degree in music history from Ohio State University - Main Campus
Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
Every student pursuing a degree in music history needs to take a look at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 18th out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 2 music history students who graduated with this degree at BGSU in the most recent data year.
Ohio University - Athens Campus is a good decision for students interested in a degree in music history. Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #184 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means OHIO Athens is a great university overall.More information about a degree in music history from Ohio University - Athens Campus
Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 9th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 4 music history students who graduated with this degree at Kent State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Berea, Baldwin Wallace College is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 25th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 2 music history students who graduated with this degree at Baldwin Wallace College in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of music history school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Music History School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
