2026 Best Colleges for Music

Name: 2026 Best Colleges for Music (Kollegio college rankings)
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1,006 U.S. schools ranked in Kollegio's 2026 Best Colleges for Music ranking, based on U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard data.

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Undergraduate enrollment

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268763

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Tuition cost

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$67,000

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Proportion of need based aid received

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100%Clear Filter

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100%

Average aid package

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$82,308

Application fee

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$150

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Mean SAT

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1200

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#1 Best Colleges for Music

Princeton University

Princeton

Acceptance rate

4.5%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$56,010

Avg. Cost after Aid

$21,000

#2 Best Colleges for Music

Stanford University

Stanford

Acceptance rate

3.9%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$55,473

Avg. Cost after Aid

$14,000

#3 Best Colleges for Music

Rice University

Houston

Acceptance rate

7.9%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$52,070

Avg. Cost after Aid

$12,640

#4 Best Colleges for Music

Hillsdale College

Hillsdale

Acceptance rate

20.6%

Institution type

4YEAR

Total Tuition Cost

$28,730

Avg. Cost after Aid

$24,000

#5 Best Colleges for Music

Harvard University

Cambridge

Acceptance rate

3.5%

Institution type

4YEAR

Total Tuition Cost

$51,143

Avg. Cost after Aid

$13,872

#6 Best Colleges for Music

Williams College

Williamstown

Acceptance rate

10.0%

Institution type

COMP

Total Tuition Cost

$59,350

Avg. Cost after Aid

$14,000

#7 Best Colleges for Music

University of California - Berkeley

Berkeley

Acceptance rate

11.0%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$11,442

Avg. Cost after Aid

$18,000

#8 Best Colleges for Music

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla

Acceptance rate

26.8%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$11,442

Avg. Cost after Aid

$16,000

#9 Best Colleges for Music

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor

Acceptance rate

15.6%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$16,404

Avg. Cost after Aid

$19,000

#10 Best Colleges for Music

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles

Acceptance rate

9.0%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$11,442

Avg. Cost after Aid

$13,000

#11 Best Colleges for Music

University of Florida

Gainesville

Acceptance rate

24.0%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$4,477

Avg. Cost after Aid

$10,000

#12 Best Colleges for Music

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge

Acceptance rate

4.7%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$55,510

Avg. Cost after Aid

$31,000

#13 Best Colleges for Music

University of California - Irvine

Irvine

Acceptance rate

28.8%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$19,268

Avg. Cost after Aid

$12,000

#14 Best Colleges for Music

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore

Acceptance rate

7.6%

Institution type

4YEAR

Total Tuition Cost

$58,720

Avg. Cost after Aid

$21,000

#15 Best Colleges for Music

The University of Chicago

Chicago

Acceptance rate

4.5%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$59,256

Avg. Cost after Aid

$34,000

#16 Best Colleges for Music

California Polytechnic State University--San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo

Acceptance rate

31.2%

Institution type

COMP

Total Tuition Cost

$5,742

Avg. Cost after Aid

$21,000

#17 Best Colleges for Music

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill

Acceptance rate

15.3%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$7,019

Avg. Cost after Aid

$12,000

#18 Best Colleges for Music

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park

Acceptance rate

44.8%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$9,000

Avg. Cost after Aid

$17,000

#19 Best Colleges for Music

Columbia University School of General Studies

New York

Acceptance rate

4.2%

Institution type

COMP

Total Tuition Cost

$59,450

Avg. Cost after Aid

N/A

#20 Best Colleges for Music

University of Washington

Seattle

Acceptance rate

39.1%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$10,927

Avg. Cost after Aid

$9,000

#21 Best Colleges for Music

Vanderbilt University

Nashville

Acceptance rate

6.3%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$54,840

Avg. Cost after Aid

$28,000

#22 Best Colleges for Music

University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

Champaign

Acceptance rate

42.4%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$12,254

Avg. Cost after Aid

$14,000

#23 Best Colleges for Music

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore

Acceptance rate

6.9%

Institution type

4YEAR

Total Tuition Cost

$55,856

Avg. Cost after Aid

$20,000

#24 Best Colleges for Music

Davidson College

Davidson

Acceptance rate

14.5%

Institution type

4YEAR

Total Tuition Cost

$54,460

Avg. Cost after Aid

$26,000

#25 Best Colleges for Music

University of California - Davis

Davis

Acceptance rate

41.8%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$11,442

Avg. Cost after Aid

$17,000

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