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Music (except performance)

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC's five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students' completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.

Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
Boston U. Musicology	41	59	37	51	38	61	19	34	22	49
Brandeis U. Music Composition and Theory	16	35	13	31	3	23	62	63	10	43
Brandeis U. Musicology	19	36	25	40	6	27	10	31	13	35
Brown U. Music: Ethnomusicology	9	28	6	17	7	48	59	62	9	37
Catholic U. of America Music	63	63	55	57	53	63	59	62	59	63
City U. of New York Graduate Center Music	41	57	31	44	50	59	31	47	31	49
Columbia U. Music	10	22	6	16	31	47	26	43	6	18
Cornell U. Music	6	13	11	27	19	43	2	3	12	35
Duke U. Music	9	20	12	25	3	16	46	56	19	44
Florida State U. Music	39	56	45	53	18	43	48	56	37	55
Harvard U. Music	2	4	3	6	1	5	18	33	2	10
Indiana U. at Blooming- ton Folklore	1	3	1	4	32	55	4	8	2	12
Indiana U. at Blooming- ton Music Theory	36	53	58	59	3	16	34	52	44	58
Indiana U. at Blooming- ton Musicology	3	8	6	14	9	24	4	11	1	8
Kent State U. Main Campus Musicology - Ethnomusicology	50	62	61	63	4	42	45	57	59	63
Kent State U. Main Campus Theory - Composition	59	62	61	63	11	53	31	53	57	62
Louisiana State U. at Baton Rouge Music	27	54	26	44	6	49	25	45	41	58
Michigan State U. Music Education	31	50	28	45	14	35	28	50	33	56
New York U. Music	7	15	5	13	46	59	10	24	4	26
North- western U. Music Studies	11	28	9	25	7	29	11	29	14	35
Ohio State U. Main Campus Music	21	36	51	56	13	33	13	26	27	53
Princeton U. Music	4	10	2	5	9	29	49	57	3	16
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick Music	46	59	21	40	43	51	40	53	31	52
Stanford U. Music	21	39	39	50	13	49	9	22	25	48
State U. of New York at Stony Brook Music	46	59	42	52	53	62	8	20	13	29
Temple U. Music	25	54	25	41	29	62	29	52	21	52
U. at Buffalo (SUNY) Music	47	59	58	59	8	24	27	49	27	47
U. of Arizona Music	33	56	50	55	19	57	27	52	39	60
U. of California at Berkeley Music	11	22	11	24	10	26	10	24	9	27
U. of California at Davis Music	12	28	12	28	19	41	10	24	9	30
U. of California at Los Angeles Ethnomusicology	4	8	7	20	24	44	1	3	6	23
U. of California at Los Angeles Music	24	44	20	36	27	55	36	50	25	53
U. of California at Los Angeles Musicology	1	3	1	3	3	27	5	15	1	2
U. of California at San Diego Music	17	34	6	16	29	45	25	42	23	48
U. of California at Santa Barbara Music	41	56	42	52	22	41	56	61	21	42
U. of Chicago Music	4	9	2	5	29	47	21	36	2	11
U. of Hawaii- Manoa Music	46	60	41	53	5	27	14	28	55	63
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Musicology	13	27	19	36	10	31	5	12	13	37
U. of Iowa Music Ph.D.	54	61	60	61	8	26	20	41	35	55
U. of Kentucky Music	14	33	30	46	16	46	35	50	49	60
U. of Maryland at College Park Ethnomusicology	37	56	53	57	55	63	1	2	29	58
U. of Maryland at College Park Music	37	54	42	51	27	50	21	39	29	55
U. of Memphis Music	12	28	6	18	9	34	52	59	49	59
U. of Miami Composition	47	60	60	62	2	9	50	58	57	63
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Composition and Music Theory	39	54	38	49	28	45	46	57	23	51
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Musicology	14	30	14	29	42	56	30	47	11	32
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Music	23	39	12	32	24	45	29	49	36	54
U. of Missouri at Kansas City Music	59	62	54	57	47	60	8	21	43	57
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Musicology	17	34	11	28	27	46	42	53	8	29
U. of North Texas Music Composition	33	48	23	40	1	2	59	62	29	61
U. of North Texas Musicology	24	42	23	41	41	58	26	44	29	50
U. of Oregon Music	37	53	40	51	13	31	24	44	29	54
U. of Pennsyl- vania Music	10	24	15	30	4	27	14	29	4	15
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Music	16	30	32	44	9	31	4	10	17	43
U. of Rochester Music Theory	22	41	12	30	8	36	56	59	15	35
U. of Rochester Musicology	10	22	8	20	25	48	4	8	3	15
U. of Southern California Music (Historical Musicology)	29	51	20	38	44	62	22	41	19	46
U. of Texas at Austin Music Ph.D.	17	33	25	43	54	61	11	23	5	46
U. of Utah Music	37	52	41	50	41	54	11	25	26	55
U. of Washing- ton Music	26	42	20	40	59	63	7	17	17	44
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Music	24	41	24	40	35	53	39	54	10	32
Washing- ton U. in St. Louis Music	39	59	49	56	53	63	21	41	4	38
Yale U. Music	5	11	16	33	2	8	25	42	3	13
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.