Top Music Schools According to U.S. College Rankings
| Rank | College (School) | State |
| 1 | University of Rochester (Eastman School of Music) | NY |
| 2 | Indiana University-Bloomington | IN |
| 3 | Juilliard School | NY |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | MI |
| 5 | Curtis Institute of Music | PA |
| 6 | New England Conservatory of Music | MA |
| 7 | Northwestern University | IL |
| 8 | Oberlin College Conservatory | OH |
| 9 | University of Cincinnati | OH |
| 10 | University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign | IL |
| 11 | Yale University | CT |
| 12 | Florida State University | FL |
| 13 | Manhattan School of Music | NY |
| 14 | University of Southern California | CA |
| 15 | Johns Hopkins University (Peabody) | MD |
| 16 | University of North Texas | TX |
| 17 | Cleveland Institute of Music | IL |
| 18 | University of Texas-Austin | TX |
| 19 | Arizona State University | AZ |
| 20 | Mannes College of Music | NY |
| 21 | Rice University | TX |
| 22 | University of Colorado-Boulder | CO |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | WI |
| 24 | Ohio State University | OH |
| 25 | University of Hartford (Hartt) | CT |
| 26 | San Francisco Conservatory of Music | CA |
| 27 | SUNY-Stony Brook | NY |
| 28 | University of Kansas | KS |
| 29 | University of Miami | FL |
| 30 | Boston University | MA |
