These are the best music colleges in the US

The QS World University Rankings by Subject are released annually, naming the best universities and colleges around the world for each subject. The rankings named the following institutions as the best music colleges in the US, as part of the organisation's broader list of the best music colleges in the world.

Best music colleges in the US

1. The Juilliard School, New York City (5th globally)
2. Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia (8th globally)
3. New York University (NYU), New York City (11th globally)
4. University of Rochester, Rochester (15th globally)
5. Harvard University, Cambridge (24th globally)
6. Yale University, New Haven (28th globally)
7. Columbia University, New York City (31st globally)
8. University of Southern California, Los Angeles (31st globally)
9. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles (36th globally)
10. Stanford University, Stanford (39th globally)
11. Northwestern University, Evanston (41st globally)
12. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor (44th globally)
13. Boston University, Boston
14. California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita
15. City University of New York, New York City
16. Cornell University, Ithaca
17. Florida State University, Tallahassee
18. University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Berkeley
19. University of California, San Diego (UCSD), San Diego
20. University of Chicago, Chicago
21. University of Texas at Austin, Austin
22. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
23. Princeton University, Princeton
24. University of Washington, Seattle

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