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Most Popular Schools for Stringed Instruments Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares individual to master a stringed instrument and performing arts as solo, ensemble and/or accompanist performers. Includes instruction in playing and personal style development.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 The Juilliard School 94 33% $65,610
2 The New England Conservatory of Music 78 32% $67,650
3 Manhattan School of Music 61 19% $68,685
4 Rice University 40 2% $65,150
5 San Francisco Conservatory of Music 39 25% $66,900
6 Northwestern University 34 0% $74,649
7 Indiana University-Bloomington 34 0% $24,779
8 Roosevelt University 23 2% $48,655
9 University of Southern California 22 0% $74,825
10 Carnegie Mellon University 19 0% $72,283
11 The Colburn Conservatory of Music 18 55% $76,427
12 Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico 14 22% $5,170
13 Longy School of Music of Bard College 13 13% $43,365
14 Syracuse University 9 0% $70,636
15 Vanderbilt University 8 0% $70,146
16 Brigham Young University-Provo 8 0% $18,776
17 Los Angeles College of Music 7 17% $25,204
18 University of Akron Main Campus 4 0% $27,279
19 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 3 0% $30,298
20 University of Redlands 3 0% $68,922
21 The New School 3 0% $71,361
22 Curtis Institute of Music 2 4% $23,369
23 University of Washington-Seattle Campus 2 0% $27,638
24 Central Washington University 2 0% $23,201
25 Catholic University of America 2 0% $64,560
26 Stetson University 1 0% $63,282
27 University of Central Oklahoma 1 0% $24,091
28 Texas Christian University 1 0% $65,684

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Stringed Instruments program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.